A Man Escaped (1956)

Original title

Un condamné à mort s'est échappé

Directed by

Robert Bresson

Genre

drama film, war film, prison film, docudrama

Country

France

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.9 of 10 from 618 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A French Resistance fighter is sentenced to death and imprisoned in a Nazi-held prison. He plans and executes an elaborate escape using only the tools and materials he can find in his cell.

tenseminimalistmethodicalquietfocusedclaustrophobicintimatesuspenseful

What happens

A Man Escaped, also known as A Man Escaped or The Wind Bloweth Where It Listeth (French: Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le Vent souffle où il veut), is a 1956 French prison film directed by Robert Bresson. The film is loosely based on the memoir of André Devigny, a member of the French Resistance who was imprisoned by the occupying German forces at Montluc prison during World War II. Although the protagonist's name is altered in the film, it is inspired by Devigny's real-life escape. A Man Escaped was screened in competition at the 1957 Cannes Film Festival and remains one of Bresson's most acclaimed and influential works. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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