Escape from Pretoria vs September 5
Escape from Pretoria has the higher audience score (7.2/10 against 7/10 for September 5). September 5 is the shorter watch at 1h 34m compared with 1h 42m. Escape from Pretoria is the older of the two (2020 against 2024). Both are drama, history, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Escape from Pretoria
September 5| Escape from Pretoria | September 5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.2/10 | ★ 7.0/10 |
| Year | 2020 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 42m | 1h 34m |
| Genres | Drama, History, Thriller | Drama, History, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Francis Annan | Tim Fehlbaum |
| Main cast | Ian Hart, Daniel Radcliffe, Grant Piro, Daniel Webber, Mark Leonard Winter | Peter Sarsgaard, John Magaro, Benjamin Walker, Marcus Rutherford, Ben Chaplin |
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.
September 5
During the 1972 Munich Olympics, an American sports broadcasting crew finds itself thrust into covering the hostage crisis involving Israeli athletes.
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