A Man Escaped(Un condamné à mort s'est échappé)
France · 1956
1h 41m
Director Robert Bresson
Starring François Leterrier, Charles Le Clainche, Maurice Beerblock, Roland Monod
Genre Drama, Thriller, War
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Fontaine is a captured French Resistance fighter awaiting certain death in a Nazi prison during World War II. He engineers a plan to escape before his execution in this minimalistic and influential film based on the memoirs of André Devigny, a real member of the French Resistance.
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very few films reach this level of tactility, the rush towards Leterrrier's boots hitting the ground is a uniquely breathtaking experience