Escape from Pretoria vs Official Secrets
Escape from Pretoria and Official Secrets are tied on audience score (7.2/10). Escape from Pretoria is the shorter watch at 1h 42m compared with 1h 52m. Official Secrets is the older of the two (2019 against 2020). Both are drama, history, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Escape from Pretoria
Official Secrets| Escape from Pretoria | Official Secrets | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.2/10 | ★ 7.2/10 |
| Year | 2020 | 2019 |
| Length | 1h 42m | 1h 52m |
| Genres | Drama, History, Thriller | Drama, History, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Francis Annan | Gavin Hood |
| Main cast | Ian Hart, Daniel Radcliffe, Grant Piro, Daniel Webber, Mark Leonard Winter | Shaun Dooley, Matt Smith, Keira Knightley, MyAnna Buring, Indira Varma |
Synopsis
Escape from Pretoria
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.
Official Secrets
The true story of British intelligence whistleblower Katharine Gun who—prior to the 2003 Iraq invasion—leaked a top-secret NSA memo exposing a joint US-UK illegal spying operation against members of the UN Security Council. The memo proposed blackmailing member states into voting for war.
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