FILM
Survival is key
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.
Directed by Francis Annan
Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Daniel Webber, Ian Hart, Mark Leonard Winter, Nathan Page, Grant Piro, Len Firth, Lliam Amor
From TMDB release dates and JustWatch offers, as listed on 17 October 2026. Both change often; a missing date or offer means none is listed yet.
| In cinemas | 6 March 2020 |
|---|---|
| Digital release | 27 April 2020 |
| Physical release | 27 April 2020 |
| Premiere or festival screening | 29 February 2020 · Glasgow Film Festival |
| First cinema release anywhere | 6 March 2020 (Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United States) |
Dates come from TMDB and can change. The digital date is the first rental, purchase or streaming date and does not confirm a launch on a particular service; the physical date does not confirm a Blu-ray or 4K edition. Both are often added closer to release.
| Country | In cinemas | Digital | Physical |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 6 Mar 2020 | – | – |
| United States | 6 Mar 2020 | 6 Mar 2020 | 7 Apr 2020 |
| Rwanda | 26 Mar 2020 | – | – |
| Vietnam | 27 Mar 2020 | – | – |
| Russia | 2 Apr 2020 | – | – |
| Spain | – | 8 Apr 2020 | 7 May 2020 |
| Poland | – | 10 Apr 2020 | – |
| Taiwan | 17 Apr 2020 | – | – |
| South Korea | 6 May 2020 | – | – |
| Netherlands | 21 May 2020 | – | – |
| Estonia | 19 Jun 2020 | – | – |
| Ukraine | 2 Jul 2020 | – | – |
| Singapore | 13 Jul 2020 | – | – |
| France | – | 9 Sept 2020 | – |
| Japan | – | 18 Sept 2020 | – |
| Brazil | – | 28 Oct 2020 | – |
| Kazakhstan | 5 Nov 2020 | – | – |
| Germany | – | – | 26 Nov 2020 |
| Portugal | 10 Dec 2020 | 10 Dec 2020 | – |
| Indonesia | 20 Jan 2021 | – | – |
| Israel | 7 Apr 2022 | – | – |
| Slovakia | – | 10 Jun 2024 | – |
Every release in the United Kingdom this month · digital · physical
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