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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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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