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A Man Escaped

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A Man Escaped

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Summary

Prison drama starring François Leterrier. Condemned to death by the Nazis, young Resistance fighter Fontaine begins to engineer an escape from the notorious Fort de Montluc.

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A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Adrian Turner

Robert Bresson's story of an imprisoned and condemned French Resistance fighter who plans an escape with his teenage cellmate is one of the great classics of European art cinema. As usual, Bresson uses non-professional actors and a technique that is utterly hypnotic despite being almost totally devoid of stylistic flourish. Many subsequent prison movies are deeply indebted to it - most notably Birdman of Alcatraz, Escape from Alcatraz and The Shawshank Redemption, all of which attempted to evoke the director's peculiar mood of quietitude and contemplation as the two men conduct their meticulous plan of escape. Based on a true story and filmed in the actual prison of Montluc.

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Cast

rolenameFontaineFrançois LeterrierJostCharles Le ClainchePriestRoland MonodOrsiniJacques ErtaudBlanchetMaurice Beerblock

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rolenameDirectorRobert Bresson

Details

Theatrical distributor

Artificial Eye Film Co. Ltd

Languages

German | French

Available on

video and DVD

Formats

Black and white

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