A Man Escaped U

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Duration:
95 mins
Year produced:
1956
Director:
Robert Bresson
Cast:
Francois Leterrier
Charles Le Clainche
Maurice Beerblock

Imagine waiting to be executed – how would you react to the approaching doom? Fontaine, a French resistance fighter held in prison by the Germans during World War II who knows he will be killed, does everything he can to regain his freedom – and in the process gives hope back to his fellow prisoners. This is a tense, stripped-down film, mostly taking place in a small cell - and as a result, much of the information that both Fontaine and the audience receive comes from sound alone.

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Fascinating facts

A Man Escaped was shot in the actual prison that Andre Devigny, the writer of the memoir on which the film is based, escaped from during World War II.