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Escape from Pretoria
MEANRANK
70/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2334
- IMDb #2713
- Google retired #1007
- Metacritic #2843
- Letterboxd #2737
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2568
+3 more
- Metacritic Audience #2740
- Criticker #2057
- AlloCiné #1308
Every rating
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Lowest is Criticker on 46, highest is Google on 90.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →Based on a true story, two political prisoners are incarcerated in South Africa's notorious Pretoria Prison for their anti-apartheid activities. They devise an elaborate and meticulous plan to escape by meticulously crafting wooden keys to unlock a series of doors leading to their freedom.
Details
- Director
- Francis Annan
- Writers
- Francis Annan, L. H. Adams
- Based on
- Inside Out: Escape from Pretoria Prison by Tim Jenkin
- Released
- 6 March 2020
- Country
- Australia, Canada, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English, French, Afrikaans
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Box office
- $2.4M
- Awards
- 0 wins, 1 nomination
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
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| AACTA Award 2020 | Best Cinematography | Geoffrey Hall | Nominee |
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