Escape from Pretoria vs The Imitation Game
The Imitation Game has the higher audience score (8/10 against 7.2/10 for Escape from Pretoria). Escape from Pretoria is the shorter watch at 1h 42m compared with 1h 53m. The Imitation Game is the older of the two (2014 against 2020). Both are drama, history, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Escape from Pretoria
The Imitation Game| Escape from Pretoria | The Imitation Game | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.2/10 | ★ 8.0/10 |
| Year | 2020 | 2014 |
| Length | 1h 42m | 1h 53m |
| Genres | Drama, History, Thriller | Drama, History, Thriller, War |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Francis Annan | Morten Tyldum |
| Main cast | Ian Hart, Daniel Radcliffe, Grant Piro, Daniel Webber, Mark Leonard Winter | Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Rory Kinnear, Matthew Goode, Matthew Beard |
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.
The Imitation Game
Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II.
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