

A Man Escaped
Robert Bresson's Prize Winning Film
A captured French Resistance fighter during World War II engineers a daunting escape from prison.
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- Language
- German
- prison
- nazi
- escape
- world war ii
- rope
- prison escape
- escaped convict
- religion
- black and white
- spoon
- train
- period drama
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalNR26 Aug 1957
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical7 Nov 1960
FranceFR
- Theatrical11 Nov 1956
- PremiereCannes Film Festival14 May 1957
NetherlandsNL
- PhysicalALDVD28 Apr 2008
RussiaSU
- Theatrical25 Feb 1963
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A Man Escaped was released on 11 November 1956.
Audience reviews
3- T8/10
tmdb47633491
4/7/2018
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.
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
12/25/2022
Probably my favourite film from Robert Bresson, this tells the story of "Fontaine" (François Leterrier). He has been arrested by the Nazis on charges of spying and bombing, and is imprisoned without trial. His prognosis is not very good, but he is determined not to succumb to the fear and intimidation of his oppressors. One night in his cell, he observes that the door that holds him is made of oak and other, softer w…
- K8/10
kenhall05@btinternet.com
3/30/2026
a story of incredible courage and resourcefulness.Inspired to do some research as to what happened to the main character Andre Devigny. He was recaptured in Spain and managed to escape again
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