A Man Escaped

A Man Escaped

1956 · 1 hr 41 min · Not Rated

Drama, Thriller, War

Directors

Robert Bresson

Actors

  • François Leterrier
  • Charles Le Clainche
  • Maurice Beerblock

Credits: 3

Summary

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

More about this movie

Captured French Resistance fighter Lieutenant Fontaine awaits a certain death sentence for espionage in a stark Nazi prison in Lyon, France. Facing malnourishment and paralyzing fear, he must plot an extraordinary escape, complicated by the questions of whom to trust, and what lies beyond the small portion of the prison they are housed in.