Back Un condamné à mort s'est échappé Catalan Ein zum Tode Verurteilter ist entflohen German Ένας καταδικασμένος σε θάνατο δραπέτευσε Greek Un condenado a muerte se ha escapado Spanish محکوم به مرگی گریختهاست Persian Kuolemaantuomittu on karannut Finnish Un condamné à mort s'est échappé French Un condannato a morte è fuggito Italian 사형수 탈출하다 Korean Žmogus, kuris pabėgo Lithuanian
| A Man Escaped | |
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| Directed by | Robert Bresson |
| Written by | Robert Bresson |
| Based on | a memoir by André Devigny |
| Produced by | Alain Poiré Jean Thuillier |
| Starring | François Leterrier Charles Le Clainche Maurice Beerblock Roland Monod |
| Cinematography | Léonce-Henri Burel |
| Edited by | Raymond Lamy |
| Music by | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Gaumont Distribution |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Languages | French, German |
A Man Escaped, also known as 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[1]), is a 1956 French prison film directed by Robert Bresson. The film is loosely based on the memoir of André Devigny, a member of the French Resistance who was imprisoned by the occupying German forces at Montluc prison during World War II. Although the protagonist's name is altered in the film, it is inspired by Devigny's real-life escape.
A Man Escaped was screened in competition at the 1957 Cannes Film Festival[2] and remains one of Bresson's most acclaimed and influential works.[3]
- ^ The title's subtitle, Le Vent souffle où il veut, is a reference to a passage from the Bible, specifically John 3:8.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: A Man Escaped". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-02-08.
- ^ Cunneen 2004, p. 59.