Escape from Pretoria

Escape from Pretoria is a 2020 Australian 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.

Escape from Pretoria
Theatrical release poster
Directed byFrancis Annan
Written by
  • Francis Annan
  • L.H. Adams
Based onInside Out: Escape from Pretoria Prison
by Tim Jenkin
Produced by
  • Mark Blaney
  • Jackie Sheppard
  • David Barron
  • Michelle Krumm
  • Gary Hamilton
Starring
CinematographyGeoffrey Hall
Edited byNick Fenton
Music byDavid Hirschfelder
Production
companies
  • South Australian Film Corporation
  • Particular Crowd
  • Spier Films
  • Enriched Media Group
  • Storybridge Films
  • Footprint Films (UK)
  • Beagle Pug Films
Distributed bySignature Entertainment
Release date
  • 6 March 2020 (2020-03-06) (United Kingdom)
Running time
106 minutes
Countries
  • Australia
  • South Africa
  • United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office$2.4 million

It was filmed in Adelaide, South Australia, in early 2019, both on location in the city and suburbs and in the Glenside studios of the South Australian Film Corporation.

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