A Man Escaped
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79% Critic Match

A Man Escaped

Robert Bresson's Prize Winning Film

7.9 / 10 1956 1h 41mNR French
DramaThriller

Storyline

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

Cast & Crew

François Leterrier

François Leterrier

Fontaine

Lead
Charles Le Clainche

Charles Le Clainche

Jost

Maurice Beerblock

Maurice Beerblock

Blanchet

Roland Monod

Roland Monod

Priest of Leiris

Jacques Ertaud

Jacques Ertaud

Orsini

JP

Jean Paul Delhumeau

Hebrard

RT

Roger Treherne

Terry

JP

Jean Philippe Delamarre

Le Prisonnier 110

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Robert Bresson's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. A Man Escaped is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker