An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (1962)
- Original title
- La Rivière du hibou
- Directed by
- Robert Enrico
- Genre
- speculative fiction
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 28 min
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.7 of 10 from 104 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A Confederate man is about to be hanged from a bridge by Union soldiers. He imagines a desperate escape through the woods toward his home.
tensedreamlikeunsettlingslow-burnbleaksuspensefulvisceral
What happens
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (French: La Rivière du hibou, lit. 'The Owl River') is a 1961 French short film, written and directed by Robert Enrico, based on the 1890 short story by Ambrose Bierce. It was produced by Marcel Ichac and Paul de Roubaix with music by Henri Lanoë. It won awards at the Cannes Film Festival and the Academy Awards. The film was later screened on American television as episode 22 of the fifth season of The Twilight Zone on 28 February 1964. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
More like this
- Dawn on the Third Day (1962)
- Fire and Ice (1962)
- The Seventh Juror (1962)
- La Jetée (1962)
- Where the Truth Lies (1962)
- And Satan Calls the Turns (1962)
- The Elusive Corporal (1962)
- Diabolique (1954)
Browse movies and series
press Enter to search by title, your filters still apply · for something by mood, tap Discover
Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers
Loading movies…