Escape from Pretoria

Escape from Pretoria

Survival is key

PG-13 2020 · 102 min · ★ 7.2 (2K) · Drama, History, Thriller

South Africa, 1978. Tim Jenkin and Stephen Lee, two white political activists from the African National Congress imprisoned by the apartheid regime, put a plan in motion to escape from the infamous Pretoria Prison.

Directed by Francis Annan · Written by L. H. Adams

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