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A Man Escaped

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A Man Escaped
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NR,1hr 42min
Genres:
Drama,Action
Release:
1956
Director:
Robert Bresson
Distributor:
New Yorker Video
Starring:
Francois Leterrier, Roland Monod, Jacques Ertaud  ...more
Synopsis: In a genre crowded with quality films, director Robert Bresson's POW drama has become legendary, in part because it strips down the experience of a man desperate to escape to the essentials. That's in keeping with the approach Bresson took with all of his films. The filmmaker, who spent a year in a German prison camp during World War II, based this story on the experiences of Andre Devigny, a French Resistance fighter sent in 1943 to the infamous prison in Lyons, where 7,000 of the 10,000 prisoners ... Full Synopsis
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Tom Wiener, AMG Review
After fellow French director Jean Renoir set the standard for POW dramas with Grand Illusion, as well as codifying many of the genre's trademark details, Robert Bresson went his own way with this film, based on a true story and informed by his own experiences during World War II. In Grand Illusion (and many films to follow, such as Stalag 17 and The Great Escape), the camaraderie among the prisoners ... Full Review
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Francois Leterrier
Lt. Fontaine
Roland Monod
De Leiris the Pastor
Jacques Ertaud
Orsini
Roger Planchon
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