

Plot – The true story of how three South African prisoners, Tim Jenkin (Radcliffe), Stephen Lee (Webber) and Leonard Fontaine (Winter) hatched a plan to escape the confines of their prison cell’s in Pretoria Prison.īased on the true story of a 1979 South African prison escape that three incarcerated men took part in during the heat of the apartheid battle that was raging in the country, this filmed in Australia thriller feels different to most daring escape movies as we are thrust into a sweat inducing plot that will have you on the edge of your seat for a majority of the films second half.Īdapted from escapee and the mastermind behind the event Tim Jenkin’s book, Escape from Pretoria marks an impressive debut feature film from British filmmaker Francis Annan, who in partnership with his fellow countryman and lead Daniel Radcliffe ensures that this low-budget affair enthralls through the most minor of instances as we watch and wait alongside Jenkins, Daniel Webber’s Stephen Lee and Mark Leonard Winter’s Leonard Fontaine as the trio plot their master-plan.


Cast – Daniel Radcliffe, Daniel Webber, Mark Leonard Winter, Ian Hart
