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A MAN ESCAPED

Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut

Directed by Robert Bresson
France, 1956
Drama, War, Thriller
  • 100100 minutes

Synopsis

French Resistance activist André Devigny is imprisoned by the Nazis, and devotes his waking hours to planning an elaborate escape. Then, on the same day he is condemned to death, he is given a new cellmate. Should he kill him, or risk revealing his plans to someone who may be a Gestapo informer?

Synopsis

French Resistance activist André Devigny is imprisoned by the Nazis, and devotes his waking hours to planning an elaborate escape. Then, on the same day he is condemned to death, he is given a new cellmate. Should he kill him, or risk revealing his plans to someone who may be a Gestapo informer?