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A Man Escaped( 1956)

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Robert Bresson's Prize Winning Film

Overview

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

    Top Billed Cast

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      François Leterrier

      Fontaine

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      Charles Le Clainche

      Jost

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      Maurice Beerblock

      Blanchet

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      Roland Monod

      Priest of Leiris

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      Jacques Ertaud

      Orsini

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      Jean Paul Delhumeau

      Hebrard

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      Roger Treherne

      Terry

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      Jean Philippe Delamarre

      Le Prisonnier 110

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      Jacques Oerlemans

      Chief Warden

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      Klaus Detlef Grevenhorst

      L'Officier de L'Abwehr

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      Leonhard Schmidt

      Escort Guard

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      Roger Planchon

      Guard on a Bike

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    A review by tmdb47633491

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    Written by tmdb47633491 on Sat Apr 07 2018
    You can see much of where Tarkovsky got his patience from. The ending is given away by the title but somehow the last half hour / escape sequence is still, to quote another reviewer, unbearably suspenseful. I much prefer this Ian Curtis performance to anything he did for Joy Division....

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

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    Keywords

    • prison
    • nazi
    • escape
    • world war ii
    • rope
    • prison escape
    • escaped convict
    • religion
    • spoon
    • train
    • prison break
    • lyon france