The true story of a white South African racist whose life was profoundly altered by the black prisoner he guarded for twenty years. The prisoner's name was Nelson Mandela.
Casts Joseph Fiennes, Dennis Haysbert, Diane Kruger, Shiloh Henderson, Patrick Lyster, Norman Anstey, Terry Pheto, Zikhona Mda, Leslie Mongezi, Faith Ndukwana
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Grand Illusion
Gandhi
Kolya
Catch a Fire
Monster's Ball
Down by Law
Karmen Gei
Swept from the Sea
Live and Become
Sleeping with the Enemy
Katzelmacher
Zeit der Fische
Two Among Millions
Yesterday
Berlin Tunnel 21
Ankle Bone
Malcolm X
Papillon
The Great Escape
Wedlock
SIMILAR MOVIES
Grand Illusion
IMDB 7.9 | Jun , 1937
A group of French soldiers, including the patrician Captain de Boeldieu and the working-class Lieutenant Maréchal, grapple with their own class differences after being captured and held in a World War I German prison camp. When the men are transferred to a high-security fortress, they must concoct a plan to escape beneath the watchful eye of aristocratic German officer von Rauffenstein, who has formed an unexpected bond with de Boeldieu.Gandhi
IMDB 7.6 | Dec , 1982
In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive resistance', endeavouring to win freedom for his people without resorting to bloodshed.Kolya
IMDB 7.3 | May , 1996
After a fictitious marriage with a Russian emigrant, Cellisten Louka, a Czech man, must suddenly take responsibility for her son. However, it’s not long before the communication barrier is broken between the two new family members.Catch a Fire
IMDB 6.2 | Oct , 2006
The true story of anti-apartheid activists in South Africa, and particularly the life of Patrick Chamusso, a timid foreman at Secunda CTL, the largest synthetic fuel plant in the world. Patrick is wrongly accused, imprisoned and tortured for an attempt to bomb the plant, with the injustice transforming the apolitical worker into a radicalised insurgent, who then carries out his own successful sabotage mission.Monster's Ball
IMDB 6.8 | Jun , 2001
A prison guard begins a tentative romance with the unsuspecting widow of a man whose execution he presided over.Down by Law
IMDB 7.3 | Sep , 1986
A disc jockey, a pimp and an Italian tourist escape from jail in New Orleans.Karmen Gei
IMDB 4.5 | Jun , 2001
Bizet's Carmen gets a modern adaptation. Seducting, provocating, sensual. All the ingredients for a perfect drama. With her charm, Karmen gets out of many situations.Swept from the Sea
IMDB 6.5 | Jan , 1998
The film tells the story of Russian emigree and the only survivor from ship crash Yanko Goorall and servant Amy Foster in the end of 19th century. When Yanko enters a farm sick and hungry after the shipwreck, everyone is afraid of him, except for Amy, who is very kind and helps him. Soon he becomes like a son for Dr. James Kennedy and romance between Yanko and Amy follows.Live and Become
IMDB 7.5 | Mar , 2005
In 1980, the black Falashas in Ethiopia are recognised as genuine Jews and are secretly carried to Israel. The day before the transport the son of a Jewish mother dies. In his place and with his name (Schlomo) she takes a Christian 9-year-old boy.Sleeping with the Enemy
IMDB 6.5 | Jan , 1991
A young woman fakes her own death in an attempt to escape her nightmarish marriage, but discovers it is impossible to elude her controlling husband.Katzelmacher
IMDB 6.5 | Oct , 1969
A group of young slackers spend most of their time hanging out in front of a Munich apartment building. When a Greek immigrant named Jorgos moves in, however, their aimless lives are shaken up. Soon new tensions arise both within the group and with Jorgos.Zeit der Fische
IMDB 5 | Oct , 2007
Two Among Millions
IMDB 6 | Oct , 1961
Yesterday
IMDB 7.6 | Sep , 2004
After falling ill, Yesterday learns that she is HIV positive. With her husband in denial and young daughter to tend to, Yesterday's one goal is to live long enough to see her child go to school.Berlin Tunnel 21
IMDB 6.5 | Mar , 1981
In Berlin in 1961, an American soldier and a German engineer join forces to build a tunnel under the Berlin Wall in order to smuggle out refugees, including the soldier's East German girlfriend.Ankle Bone
IMDB 4.9 | Dec , 1968
While escaping from prison to be with her lesbian friend, a 19-year-old girl breaks her ankle and is picked up by an ex-con, with whom she begins a passionate affair. She finally turns to prostitution and robbery to support herself.Malcolm X
IMDB 7.5 | Nov , 1992
A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His assassination in 1965 left a legacy of self-determination and racial pride.Papillon
IMDB 7.8 | Dec , 1973
A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.The Great Escape
IMDB 7.9 | Jul , 1963
The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Undaunted, the prisoners plan one of the most ambitious escape attempts of World War II. Based on a true story.Wedlock
IMDB 5.7 | May , 1991
A male prison escapee heads for his hidden loot, electronically attached to a female prisoner.