Catch a Fire

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.

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Catch a Fire

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.

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6.2/10

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Cast

Tim Robbins

Role: Acting

Fame

31.4
Derek Luke

Role: Acting

Fame

15.3
Bonnie Mbuli

Role: Acting

Fame

1.6
Mncedisi Shabangu

Role: Acting

Fame

0.1
Tumisho Masha

Role: Acting

Fame

2.1
Sithembiso Khumalo

Role: Acting

Fame

0.1
Terry Pheto

Role: Acting

Fame

1.2
Michele Burgers

Role: Acting

Fame

3.0
Mpho Lovinga

Role: Acting

Fame

0.1
Jay Anstey

Role: Acting

Fame

5.5
Charlotte Savage

Role: Acting

Fame

0.6
Nomhlé Nkyonyeni

Role: Acting

Fame

0.0
Susan Danford

Role: Acting

Fame

4.2
Michael Mabizela

Role: Acting

Fame

0.0
Erno Van Dyk

Role: Acting

Fame

0.0
Marius Weyers

Role: Acting

Fame

10.5
Eduan van Jaarsveldt

Role: Acting

Fame

1.3
Nomhle Nkonyeni

Role: Acting

Fame

0.0
Robert Hobbs

Role: Acting

Fame

3.2

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