Film
Mandela's Gun
DZ · South Africa · United Kingdom- Director
- John Irvin
- Year
- 2016
Set in 1962 MANDELA’S GUN is a political thriller, based on Mandelas African Odyssey. As Commander-in-Chief of the Liberation Army Umkhonto we Sizwe (the MK) he undergoes military training in Algeria and Ethiopia while surviving assassination attempts and betrayal. In South Africa he is finally arrested with the connivance of the CIA In the crucible of the surging African Liberation Movements of the early 60s not only does he study the art of war but also leadership and political survival. MANDELA’S GUN is a thrilling biopic, supported by eyewitness accounts from Mandelas advisors and comrades.
Top cast
Tumisho Masha
Nelson Mandela
Zethu Dlomo-Mphahlele
Winnie Mandela
Khaled Benaissa
Cherif Belkacem
Nick Boraine
Cecil Williams
Luthuli Dlamini
Walter Sisulu
Ashley Dowds
Arthur Goldreich
Francis Chouler
Bob Hepple
Desmond Dube
Govan Mbeki
Adam Neill
Leonard Bernstein
Henok Berihune
Captain Guts
Tom Fairfoot
MI6 Agent
Ashleigh Harvey
BOAC Representative
Fezile Mpela
Fish Keitseng
Jet Novuka
Joe Modise
Russel Savadier
Mr. Grant
Mpho Osei Tutu
Dan Tloome
Directed by
John Irvin
Written by
Athos Kyriakides, Malcolm Purkey
Produced by
Moroba Nkawe, Jeremy Nathan