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A Man Escaped
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1956 French film by Robert Bresson
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A Man Escaped is a 1956 French black-and-white film directed and written by Robert Bresson. Produced by Alain Poiré for Gaumont and Nouvelles Éditions de Films, the docudrama features François Leterrier, Jacques Ertaud, and Roger Planchon in the cast. The narrative is set in Lyon and centers on a captured French Resistance fighter during World War II who engineers an escape from prison. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed the score, while Léonce-Henri Burel served as director of photography.
The film has a runtime of 101 minutes and was distributed by Gaumont and Netflix via video on demand. It is also available through the Criterion Channel. The work is categorized as a war film, drama film, and prison film, with keywords including prison, nazi, escape, and rope. It has received a review score of 100% and 9.3/10, alongside a vote average of 7.9 and an IMDb rating of 8.1.
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Film · TMDB
7.9A captured French Resistance fighter during World War II engineers a daunting escape from prison.
Cast
- François Leterrier as Fontaine
- Charles Le Clainche as Jost
- Maurice Beerblock as Blanchet
- Roland Monod as Priest of Leiris
- Jacques Ertaud as Orsini
- Jean Paul Delhumeau as Hebrard
Themes
- prison
- nazi
- escape
- world war ii
- rope
- prison escape
- escaped convict
- religion
- black and white
- spoon
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- prison film
- Country of origin
- France
- Original language
- French
- Main subject
- World War II
- Director
- Robert Bresson
- Screenwriter
- Robert Bresson
- Composer
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Production company
- Gaumont
- Cinematographer
- Léonce-Henri Burel
- Narrative location
- Lyon
- Duration
- 100
- FilmAffinity ID
- 584476
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1957-08-26
- title
- Un condamné à mort s'est échappé
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 9.3/10
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