Escape From Kampala

Escape From Kampala

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Status

Released

Release Date

Aug 8, 1991

Runtime

1h 30m

Genres

Drama, TV Movie

Original Title

Escape From Kampala

Director

Roy Battersby

Description

The true story of a daring prison break. Wycliffe Kato, Director of Civil Aviation in Idi Amin's Uganda was at the airport to catch a flight to Canada for a conference when he was arrested by Amin's secret police, members of the notorious State Research Bureau, and thrown into the Nakasero prison. This should have meant certain death, but, along with his cell mates, army officers who had come under suspicion of organizing a coup, he escaped and made it on foot to Nairobi. This TV movie is based on Wycliffe Kato's own account in his book "Escape From Idi Amin's Slaughterhouse".