Endgame (film)
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German title | Endgame |
Original title | Endgame |
Country of production | United Kingdom |
original language | English |
Publishing year | 2009 |
length | 101 minutes |
Age rating | FSK 12 |
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Director | Pete Travis |
script | Paula Milne |
production | Hal bird |
music | Martin Phipps |
camera | David Odd |
cut |
Clive Barrett Dominic Strevens |
occupation | |
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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
- Endgame in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Endgame at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for Endgame . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , November 2009 (PDF; test number: 120 538 V).
- ↑ Endgame. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .