Endgame (film)

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Movie
German title Endgame
Original title Endgame
Country of production United Kingdom
original language English
Publishing year 2009
length 101 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Pete Travis
script Paula Milne
production Hal bird
music Martin Phipps
camera David Odd
cut Clive Barrett
Dominic Strevens
occupation

Endgame , also known as The Mandela Conspiracy , is a 2009 British feature film . The film is based on real events that led to the end of the apartheid system in South Africa .

action

South Africa in the second half of the 1980s: violence seems to explode. The British manager Michael Young realizes that only a peaceful solution can save the profits of his company (Consolidated Gold Fields). He is organizing a conference at Mells Park House, a Somerset country estate which u. a. the ANC representative Thabo Mbeki and the Professor Esterhuyse as representatives of the Boers attend. Despite the highest level of secrecy, South Africa's secret service chief Barnard is well informed. He tries to make Esterhuyse his informant and gets in touch with the imprisoned Nelson Mandela in order to split the black resistance movement through clever tactics.

criticism

The lexicon of international films ruled that the film was a "[a] limited historical drama with thriller elements," which "comprehensibly describes South Africa's path to freedom."

Awards (selection)

The film and some of its contributors have been nominated for various awards. Among other things, the film received the Peabody Award and in 2010 an Emmy nomination in the Outstanding Made for Television Movie category .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Release certificate for Endgame . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , November 2009 (PDF; test number: 120 538 V).
  2. Endgame. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used