movie
a man escaped (Un condamné à mort s'est échappé)
A
movie
by
Robert BRESSON
With
François LETERRIER, Charles LE CLAINCHE, Maurice BEERBLOCK, Roland MONOD, Jacques ERTAUD, Jean-Paul DELHUMEAU, Roger TREERNE, Jean-Philippe DELAMARE, Jacques OERLEMANS, Klaus Detlef GREVENHORST, Léonard SCHMIDT, Roger PLANCHON, Max SCHOENDORFF
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Synopsis :
During the Occupation, Lieutenant Fontaine of the Secret Army is arrested by the Germans and sentenced to death. Day by day, he awaits execution in his cell ' his only hope, escape. In a tense atmosphere, his minute technical preparations take shape: a sharpened spoon, a jimmied lock, some rope, and a few hooks. The situation comes to a head. He finally manages to escape, taking his new cell mate with him. A Robert Bresson masterpiece.