A Man Escaped (1956) (Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut )

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Directed by

Robert Bresson

Starring (View all)

François Leterrier
Le lieutenant Fontaine

Charles Le Clainche
François Jost

Maurice Beerblock
Blanchet

Roland Monod
Le pasteur Deleyris

Jacques Ertaud
Orsini

Jean Paul Delhumeau
Hebrard

Roger Treherne
Terry

Jean Philippe Delamarre
Le prisonnier 10

Written by

Andre Devigny
(memoir)

Robert Bresson
(scenario)

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a man escaped

7 years, 10 months ago at Nov 29 11:27

bharath

A Man Escaped succeeds simply as the most tingly, tension-filled prison escape caper you'll ever see, but given that the prison in question is Nazi sadist Klaus Barbie's holding pen for condemned French resistance fighters, the story, which is based on true events, becomes a good vs. evil parable for the ages.

Lieutenant Fontaine (François Leterrier) is no coward. As the story begi... read more

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French Resistance activist Andre Devigny is imprisoned by the Nazis, and devotes his waking hours to planning an elaborate escape. Then, on the same day, he is condemned to death, and given a new cellmate. Should he kill him, or risk revealing his plans to someone who may be a Gestapo informer?

Release date: 26 August 1957
UPC: 717119162443

Tags: 1950s (9), France (7), 1956 (7), Drama (6), Prison (6), Escape (6), Nazi (4), War (4), Thriller (3), Black And White (3), European (2), Bw (2), Prison Film (2), 50's (2), Intriguing (2), Foreign Language (2), French (2), Black & White (1), 50s (1), Not Recently Watched (1)

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"25.4.18 A solid French film dealing with escaping from a Nazi prison camp. Becomes repetitive in parts and the Nazi are mostly fodder saying the same thing over and over again "stop talking"...okay I'll just move around here and pass this note. "

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"9.1, PC Toi mieleen kesällä katsomani Le Troun, joka vetää pidemmän korren. Edellä mainitun tavoin A Man Escaped on samanlainen minimalistinen ja realistinen vankilapakokuvaus, ja tällä kentällä elokuva onkin onnistunut ja kiinnostava, mutta Le Troun keskittyminen useampaan vankiin ja näiden yhteistyöhön paon suorittamisessa iskee itselleni paremmin. François Leterrierin hahmo sen sijaan hääräilee suurimman osan ajasta yksin, ja eikä päähenkilön kontakti muihin hahmoihin ol"