Director(s)Robert Bresson
Producer(s)Alain Poiré, Jean Thuillier
Top GenresDrama, Thriller/Suspense, War
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A Man Escaped (1956) was a War - Thriller/Suspense Film directed by Robert Bresson and produced by Alain Poiré and Jean Thuillier.

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A Man Escaped (1956)

By Beatrice on Apr 2, 2016 From Flickers in Time

A Man Escaped (Un condamn? ? mort s’est ?chapp? ou Le vent souffle o? il veu) Directed by Robert Bresson Written by Robert Bresson from a memoir by Andr? Devigny 1956/France Gaumont/Nouvelles Editions de Films First viewing/Netflix rental #322 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die This... Read full article


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Francois Leterrier was a philosophy student at the Sorbonne when he was chosen to play the lead.
The first film of Bresson's where he used a completely non-professional cast.
This forms the first of a loose trilogy by Robert Bresson of prison pictures, with the other films being "Pickpocket" and "The Trial of Joan of Arc".
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