Catch a Fire
Action
Drama
Thriller
The spark that ignites us, unites us.
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.
2006-10-27
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Cast
Director
Phillip Noyce
Tim Robbins as Nic Vos
Derek Luke as Patrick Chamusso
Bonnie Mbuli as Precious Chamusso
Mncedisi Shabangu as Zuko September
Tumisho Masha as Obadi
Terry Pheto as Miriam
Michele Burgers as Anna Vos
Jay Anstey as Katie Vos
Susan Danford as White Madam
Michael Mabizela as Shaven Head Bomber
Erno Van Dyk as Security Branch Policeman
Marius Weyers as Police Brigadier
Robert Hobbs as Special Branch Lieutenant