A Man Escaped
Robert Bresson's Prize Winning Film
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Release Date
11/11/1956Runtime
101 minsOverview
A captured French Resistance fighter during World War II engineers a daunting escape from prison.
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FrenchBudget
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A methodical, almost meditative account of meticulous preparation for escape, where tension builds not from external drama but from the protagonist's focused will and the material challenges he must overcome. Bresson strips away all unnecessary spectacle, leaving only the spiritual and practical struggle of a man reclaiming his liberty.
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Heads up
François Leterrier
Fontaine
Charles Le Clainche
Jost
Maurice Beerblock
Blanchet
Roland Monod
Priest of Leiris
Jacques Ertaud
Orsini
Jean Paul Delhumeau
Hebrard
Roger Treherne
Terry
Jean Philippe Delamarre
Le Prisonnier 110
Jacques Oerlemans
Chief Warden
Klaus Detlef Grevenhorst
L'Officier de L'Abwehr
Leonhard Schmidt
Escort Guard
Roger Planchon
Guard on a Bike
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