A Man Escaped
1956 · Movie · NR · 101 min · ★ 7.9 · 95% critics
A captured French Resistance fighter in World War II designs a tense escape from prison. Facing cramped confinement and relentless danger, he works through small opportunities and growing setbacks to keep hope alive and push his plan forward.
Also known as A Man Escaped or The Wind Bloweth Where It Listeth
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Details
- Original title
- Un condamné à mort s'est échappé
- Years
- 1956
- Release date
- 1956-11-11
- Language
- French
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Critic score
- 95/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.9/10 (614 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a true-feeling, minimal prison escape drama driven by relentless preparation and mounting peril rather than spectacle; Not for you if you need fast pacing or big character backstories, and it may feel closer to The Great Escape or Le trou than Shawshank Redemption.
Pros: gripping realism; slow-burn tension; determined hero | Cons: slow pacing; minimal engagement; tense but dry
Themes
- prison
- nazi
- escape
- world war ii
- rope
- prison escape
- escaped convict
- religion
- black and white
- spoon
- train
- period drama
- +3 more
Cast & crew
François Leterrier
as Fontaine
Charles Le Clainche
as Jost
Maurice Beerblock
as Blanchet
Roland Monod
as Priest of Leiris
Jacques Ertaud
as Orsini
- JD
Jean Paul Delhumeau
as Hebrard
- RT
Roger Treherne
as Terry
- JD
Jean Philippe Delamarre
as Le Prisonnier 110
- JO
Jacques Oerlemans
as Chief Warden
- KG
Klaus Detlef Grevenhorst
as L'Officier de L'Abwehr
Directed by Robert Bresson