Catch a Fire
“The spark that ignites us, unites us.”
2006•PG-13•1h 41m•6.3•Released
ActionDramaThriller
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.
Director
Phillip Noyce
Writer
Shawn Slovo
Budget
$14M
Revenue
$6M
Languages
English, Afrikaans, Zulu
Studio
Working Title
Cast
Tim Robbins
Nic Vos
Derek Luke
Patrick Chamusso
Bonnie Mbuli
Precious Chamusso
Mncedisi Shabangu
Zuko September
Tumisho Masha
Obadi
Sithembiso Khumalo
Sixpence
Terry Pheto
Miriam
Michele Burgers
Anna Vos
Mpho Lovinga
Johnny Piliso
Jay Anstey
Katie Vos
Charlotte Savage
Marie Vos
Nomhlé Nkyonyeni
Mama Dorothy
Susan Danford
White Madam
Michael Mabizela
Shaven Head Bomber
Erno Van Dyk
Security Branch Policeman
Production
Company
Working Title
Company
Mirage Enterprises
Company
StudioCanal
Producer
Tim Bevan
Producer
Eric Fellner
Producer
Anthony Minghella
Producer
Robyn Slovo
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