Movies tagged as "political prisoner"

Catch a Fire [2006, France, UK, South Africa, USA ] starting from $1.99

The spark that ignites us, unites us.

Genres: Drama, History, Thriller Actors: Tim Robbins, Derek Luke, Bonnie Mbuli, Mncedisi Shabangu, Tumisho Masha, Sithembiso Khumalo, Terry Pheto, Michele Burgers, Mpho Lovinga, Mxo, Jessica Anstey, Charlotte Savage, Nomhlé Nkyonyeni, Michael Mabizela, Eduan van Jaarsveldt, Directors: Phillip Noyce Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   A political thriller: the real-life story of a South African hero's journey to freedom. In the country's turbulent and divided times in the 1980s, Patrick Chamusso is an oil refinery foreman and soccer coach who is apolitical - until he and his wife Precious are jailed. Patrick is stunned into action against the country's oppressive reigning system, even as police Colonel Nic Vos further insinuates himself into the Chamussos' lives.

Goodbye Bafana [2007, Germany, France, Belgium, South Africa, Italy, UK, Luxembourg ] starting from $1.99

Based on the memoirs of Nelson Mandela's prison guard

Genres: Biography, Drama, History Actors: Joseph Fiennes, Dennis Haysbert, Diane Kruger, Shiloh Henderson, Patrick Lyster, Faith Ndukwana, Mehboob Bawa, Adrian Galley, Warrick Grier, Leslie Mongezi, Sizwe Msutu, Matthew Roberts, Eduan van Jaarsveldt, Terry Pheto, Giulia Troiano, Directors: Bille August Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   GOODBYE BAFANA is 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.

Last Emperor, The [1987, China, UK, France, Italy ] starting from $1.99

He was the Lord of Ten Thousand Years, the absolute monarch of China. He was born to rule a world of ancient tradition. Nothing prepared him for our world of change.

Genres: Biography, Drama, History Actors: John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole, Ruocheng Ying, , Dennis Dun, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Maggie Han, Ric Young, Vivian Wu, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Jade Go, Fumihiko Ikeda, Richard Vuu, Tsou Tijger Directors: Bernardo Bertolucci, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just another peasant worker in the People's Republic.