A Man Escaped
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| A Man Escaped | |
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| Directed by | Robert Bresson |
| Produced by | Alain Poiré Jean Thuillier |
| Written by | Robert Bresson |
| Starring | François Leterrier Charles Le Clainche Maurice Beerblock Roland Monod |
| Release date(s) | August 26, 1957 |
| Running time | 99 min |
| Language | French |
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A Man Escaped or: The Wind Bloweth Where It Listeth is the English title of the 1956 French film Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut, directed by Robert Bresson. It is based on the memoirs of André Devigny. In the film, Fontaine (François Leterrier), a member of the French Resistance during World War II, is captured by the Nazis and sentenced to death. He forms a plan to escape, but before he can carry it out, he is given a cellmate. Unsure of whether he is a French patriot or a German agent, Fontaine must choose between letting him in on the plan or killing him.
[edit] External link
- A Man Escaped review by Francois Truffaut, from The Films in My Life (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1978), p. 193-196.
- A Man Escaped at the Internet Movie Database
- A Man Escaped at the Arts & Faith Top100 Spiritually Significant Films list
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