Movie · 2006
Catch a Fire
“The spark that ignites us, unites us.”
Released 27 October 2006 101 min Action / Drama / Thriller More from 2006 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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.
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How old were they?
Marius Weyers
as Police Brigadier
Tim Robbins
as Nic Vos
Robert Hobbs
as Special Branch Lieutenant
Derek Luke
as Patrick Chamusso
Tumisho Masha
as Obadi
Bonnie Mbuli
as Precious Chamusso
Terry Pheto
as Miriam
Michael Mabizela
as Shaven Head Bomber
Jay Anstey
as Katie Vos
Mncedisi Shabangu
as Zuko September
Sithembiso Khumalo
as Sixpence
Michele Burgers
as Anna Vos
Mpho Lovinga
as Johnny Piliso
Charlotte Savage
as Marie Vos
Nomhlé Nkyonyeni
as Mama Dorothy
Susan Danford
as White Madam
Erno Van Dyk
as Security Branch Policeman
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The numbers
46years between the oldest and youngest billed
61Marius Weyers — oldest on the call sheet
15Jay Anstey — youngest billed
33average age of the credited cast