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.

6.232

101 min

Cast

Tim Robbins

as Nic Vos

Derek Luke

as Patrick Chamusso

Bonnie Mbuli

as Precious Chamusso

Mncedisi Shabangu

as Zuko September

Tumisho Masha

as Obadi

Sithembiso Khumalo

as Sixpence

Terry Pheto

as Miriam

Michele Burgers

as Anna Vos

Mpho Lovinga

as Johnny Piliso

Jay Anstey

as Katie Vos

Charlotte Savage

as Marie Vos

Nomhlé Nkyonyeni

as Mama Dorothy

Susan Danford

as White Madam

Michael Mabizela

as Shaven Head Bomber

Erno Van Dyk

as Security Branch Policeman

Marius Weyers

as Police Brigadier

Eduan van Jaarsveldt

as Special Branch Sergeant

Nomhle Nkonyeni

as Mama Dorothy

Robert Hobbs

as Special Branch Lieutenant

Director

Phillip Noyce