Mandela and de Klerk (1997)

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Country: USA
Genres: Drama
Release: 1997-02-16
Director: Joseph Sargent
Writers: Richard Wesley
Language: English | Afrikaans
Stars: Sidney Poitier , Michael Caine , Tina Lifford , Gerry Maritz , Ian Roberts , Ben Kruger , Jerry Mofokeng , Owen Sejake , Andre Jacobs , Tertius Meintjes
Runtime: 114 min
Awards: Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. 11 nominations total
AKA: Mandela y de Klerk (Venezuela) , Mandela and de Klerk (United States of America) , Mandela und De Klerk - Zeitenwende (Germany) , Mandela i de Klerk (Poland) , Mandela és de Klerk (Hungary) , Mandela och de Klerk (Sweden) , Mandela e De Klerk (Brazil) , Mandela & De Klerk: Dyo andres, mia istoria (Greece) , À Margem da Lei (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Mandela and de Klerk , Mandela y de Klerk (Spain)
Plot: On June 12, 1964, Nelson Mandela, along with a number of political detainees, was sentenced to life imprisonment in what remains the most sensational treason trial in the history of South Africa. The incarceration of Mandela and other political prisoners on Robben Island would become a symbol of the struggle to end apartheid and win freedom for the black majority in South Africa. On February 2, 1990, President F.W. De Klerk stood before Parliament and announced the legalization of the African National Congress and a host of other banned political organizations. At the same time, he announced that Nelson Mandela, having served 27 years in prison, would be released within 7 days. Yet the world, and indeed most South Africans, knew little about how this momentous occasion came to pass. Until now. Mandela & De Klerk was filmed in South Africa. Most of the locations are those where the actual events took place, and the dramatized sequences are augmented with newsreel footage to ensure the most accurate portrayal possible of recent historical events.
IMDB:tt0119607