A MAN ESCAPED
synopsis
Captured French Resistance fighter Lieutenant Fontaine awaits a certain death sentence for espionage in a stark Nazi prison in Lyon, France. Facing malnourishment and paralyzing fear, he must plot an extraordinary escape, complicated by the questions of whom to trust, and what lies beyond the small portion of the prison they are housed in.
international title: | A Man Escaped |
original title: | Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut |
country: | France |
year: | 1956 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Robert Bresson |
film run: | 101' |
release date: | FR 11/11/1956, NL 01/03/1957, UK 1957, SE 06/02/1958, HU 08/05/1958, IT 27/11/1958, PT 15/04/1959, FI 01/04/1960, DK 07/11/1960, DE 20/09/1961, ES 06/08/1969 |
screenplay: | Robert Bresson |
cast: | François Leterrier, Charles Le Clainche, Maurice Beerblock |
cinematography by: | Léonce-Henri Burel |
film editing: | Raymond Lamy |
art director: | Pierre Charbonnier |
producer: | Alain Poiré, Jean Thuillier |