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A Man Escaped

Robert Bresson's Prize Winning Film

1956 · 1h 41m · 7.9 on TMDB

NR

A captured French Resistance fighter during World War II engineers a daunting escape from prison.

Cast

François Leterrier
Fontaine
Charles Le Clainche
Jost
Maurice Beerblock
Blanchet
Roland Monod
Priest of Leiris

Jacques Ertaud

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

Roger Planchon

Guard on a Bike

Production

Gaumont Nouvelles Éditions de Films

Directed by

Robert Bresson

Where to watch

Criterion Channel

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Released: November 11, 1956

Awards

Best Film · 1957nomineeBAFTA

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