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7.9/10 • 572

1956-11-11 • 1h 41m

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Robert Bresson's Prize Winning Film

A captured French Resistance fighter during World War II engineers a daunting escape from prison.

Directors
Robert Bresson
Writters
Robert Bresson
Editors
Raymond Lamy

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  1. François Leterrier

    François Leterrier

    Fontaine

  2. Charles Le Clainche

    Charles Le Clainche

    Jost

  3. Maurice Beerblock

    Maurice Beerblock

    Blanchet

  4. Roland Monod

    Roland Monod

    Priest of Leiris

  5. Jacques Ertaud

    Jacques Ertaud

    Orsini

  6. Jean Paul Delhumeau

    Jean Paul Delhumeau

    Hebrard

  7. Roger Treherne

    Roger Treherne

    Terry

  8. Jean Philippe Delamarre

    Jean Philippe Delamarre

    Le Prisonnier 110

  9. Jacques Oerlemans

    Jacques Oerlemans

    Chief Warden

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Apr 7, 2018

8/10

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.

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Status
Released
Original Language
French
Budget
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Keywords
prisonnaziescapeworld war iiropeprison escapeescaped convictreligionspoontrainprison breaklyon france