A Man Escaped
Un condamné à mort s'est échappé
Robert Bresson's Prize Winning Film
Overview
A captured French Resistance fighter during World War II engineers a daunting escape from prison.
- Production
- Gaumont, Nouvelles Éditions de Films
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Cast
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- Director
- Robert Bresson
- Writers
- Robert Bresson
- Producers
- Alain Poiré,Jean Thuillier
- Cinematography
- Léonce-Henri Burel
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tmdb47633491
April 7, 2018
You can see much of where Tarkovsky got his patience from. The ending is given away by the title but somehow the last half hour / escape sequence is still, to quote another reviewer, unbearably suspenseful. I much prefer this Ian Curtis performance to anything he did for Joy Division.
CinemaSerf
December 25, 2022
Probably my favourite film from Robert Bresson, this tells the story of "Fontaine" (François Leterrier). He has been arrested by the Nazis on charges of spying and bombing, and is imprisoned without trial. His prognosis is not very good, but he is determined not to succumb to the fear and intimidation of his oppressors. One night in his cell, he observes that the door that holds him is made of oak and other, softer wood - can he find a way to escape before he faces the inevitable firing squad? I…
kenhall05@btinternet.com
March 30, 2026
a story of incredible courage and resourcefulness.Inspired to do some research as to what happened to the main character Andre Devigny. He was recaptured in Spain and managed to escape again