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A Man Escaped is a french film of genre Drama directed by Robert Bresson released in USA on 26 august 1957 with François Leterrier
A Man Escaped (1956)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 26 august 1957
Length 1h35
Directed by Robert Bresson
OriginFrance
Themes French war films, Prison films, Political films, Évasion, Films about capital punishment, Histoire de France, L'Occupation allemande en France
Rating81%
A Man Escaped or: The Wind Bloweth Where It Listeth (French: Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut) is a 1956 French film directed by Robert Bresson. It is based on the memoirs of André Devigny, a member of the French Resistance held in Montluc prison by the occupying Germans during World War II. The protagonist of the film is called Fontaine. The second part of the title comes from the Bible, John 3:8, using the words of the Authorized King James Version (more recent translations use words like "wants" (which is the title in French) or "pleases" instead of "listeth"). Bresson himself was imprisoned by the Germans as a member of the French Resistance.
The soundtrack uses the Kyrie from Mozart's Great Mass in C minor, K. 427. The film was entered into the 1957 Cannes Film Festival.
Synopsis
After the establishing shot of Montluc prison, but before the opening credits, the camera rests on a plaque commemorating the 7,000 prisoners who died at the hands of the Nazis.Actors
François Leterrier
(Fontaine)
Roland Monod
(Priest of Leiris)
Maurice Beerblock
(Blanchet)
Jacques Ertaud
(Orsini)
Roger Planchon
(Guard on a Bike)
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