Endgame

Overview

The time is the late '80s, a crucial period in the history of South Africa. President P.W. Botha is hanging on to power by a thread as the African National Congress (ANC) takes up arms against apartheid and the country tumbles toward insurrection. A British mining concern is convinced that their interests would be better served in a stable South Africa and they quietly dispatch Michael Young, their head of public affairs, to open an unofficial dialogue between the bitter rivals. Assembling a reluctant yet brilliant team to pave the way to reconciliation by confronting obstacles that initially seem insurmountable, Young places his trust in ANC leader Thabo Mbeki and Afrikaner philosophy professor Willie Esterhuyse. It is their empathy that will ultimately serve as the catalyst for change by proving more powerful than the terrorist bombs that threaten to disrupt the peaceful dialogue.

Cast

William Hurt

Professor Will Esterhuyse

Chiwetel Ejiofor

President Thabo Mbeki

Jonny Lee Miller

Michael Young

Mark Strong

Dr. Niel Barnard

Clarke Peters

Nelson Mandela

John Kani

Oliver Tambo

Derek Jacobi

Rudolph Agnew

Timothy West

P.W. Botha

Matthew Marsh

F.W. de Klerk

Michael Huff

Willem de Klerk

Stephen Jennings

Kobie Coetsee

N/A

Patrick Lyster

Sampie Terreblanche