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Escape from Pretoria is a 2020 prison film co-written and directed by Francis Annan, based on the real-life prison escape by three political prisoners in South Africa in 1979, starring Daniel Radcliffe and Daniel Webber. It is based on the 2003 book Inside Out: Escape from Pretoria Prison by Tim Jenkin, one of the escapees.
In 1987 his book, Escape from Pretoria, was published in London. [7] A new edition was published in Johannesburg and London as Inside Out : Escape from Pretoria Prison in 2003. [2] In 1995, Jenkin wrote a 6-part article series called Talking to Vula: The Story of the Secret Underground Communications Network of Operation Vula.
In 2013, the story of the prison escape was dramatised in the 7th episode of the 2nd season of Breakout, a television series made by National Geographic TV channel dramatising real-life prison escapes. The video features excerpts from interviews with Jenkin, Lee, Moumbaris and Goldberg filmed in 2012, in between re-enacted scenes of the prison ...
Daniel Radcliffe continues to move far away from Hogwarts with "Escape From Pretoria," a riveting, true-life prison drama that's gritty, grounded and wholly different from the fantasy franchise ...
He is known for his political activism against the apartheid régime in South Africa in the 1970s, and his subsequent incarceration in, and 1979 escape from, Pretoria Local Prison (within the Pretoria Central Prison complex) with Tim Jenkin and Stephen Lee. He returned to France after his escape.
EXCLUSIVE: Bear Grylls’ production company The Natural Studios, the JV with Banijay, has set Escape From Pretoria director Francis Annan to helm its first scripted movie, a contemporary ...
Episode 15, which featured the prison escape of South African political prisoners Tim Jenkin, Stephen Lee and Alex Moumbaris from Pretoria Central Prison in 1979, was shown in the United Kingdom on 19 April 2013. [3] This escape was again dramatized in the feature-length film, Escape from Pretoria, starring Daniel Radcliffe. [4]
Now, Chamy's story is getting the Hollywood treatment via A Man on the Inside, which debuted on Nov. 21. Here’s everything to know about the Netflix show and the real-life spy who inspired it.