The film "Escape from Pretoria" was filmed in Adelaide, Australia.

Filming locations:

205 Pirie Street

In the movie

Scene where Tim Jenkin places a bag of pamphlets on the street.

In reality

The scene was filmed Pirie Street is a street on the eastern side of the Adelaide city centre. It runs east-west, between East Terrace and King William Street. After crossing King William Street, it continues as Waymouth Street. It forms the southern boundary of Hindmarsh Square, which is in the centre of the north-east quadrant of the city centre. Pirie Street is named after Sir John Pirie, Lord Mayor of London (England) and a founding director of the South Australian Company. Filming on Pirie Street took place in March 2019. 'We took possession of Adelaide's main street at 6pm the night before our shoot date, and set about transforming it into Cape Town', Jackie Sheppard tells KFTV. This included putting in coin-operated parking meters, old cars with South African number plates, changing street signs and shop fronts.

Adelaide Gaol

In the movie

Scene where Tim Jenkin arrives at the prison

In reality

The scene was filmed Adelaide Gaol was an Australian prison located in the Adelaide Parklands, South Australia. This prison was the first permanent prison in South Australia and operated from 1841 to 1988. The Gaol is one of the two oldest buildings still standing in South Australia, the other being Government House, which was built at the same time. The prison is now a museum, tourist attraction and function centre. The Gaol is open for self-guided tours 7 days a week from 10am to 4pm (last entry at 3pm). Ghost tours are also conducted at night. Daniel Radcliffe was spotted in character during filming in March 2019, looking dirty and dishevelled as he was led into the old Adelaide Gaol, which was transformed into Pretoria Prison for the filming.