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LE TROU

by Jacques Becker

synopsis

Just as four cell-mates are about to launch their elaborate escape from a tiny cell, a detainee from a cell-block under repair is transferred in. The four all face certain conviction and long sentences. Does the young new jail-mate have the same incentive and if so, can they trust him?

international title: Le Trou
original title: Le trou
country: France, Italy
year: 1960
genre: fiction
directed by: Jacques Becker
film run: 131'
release date: FR 18/03/1960, IT 01/04/1960, SE 19/09/1960, ES 28/09/1960, DE 04/11/1960, DK 08/08/1961, FI 29/09/1961, UK 1961, GR 20/09/2010
screenplay: José Giovanni, Jacques Becker, Jean Aurel
cast: André Bervil, Jean Keraudy, Michel Constantin
cinematography by: Ghislain Cloquet
film editing: Marguerite Renoir, Geneviève Vaury
art director: Rino Mondellini
producer: Serge Silberman
executive producer: Georges Charlot, Jean Mottet

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