A Man Escaped

Robert Bresson's Prize Winning Film

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

Country France

Production Country France

Language French

Spoken Languages French , German

Gneres Drama , Thriller

Production Companies Gaumont , Nouvelles Éditions de Films

Release Date 11 November 1956

101 mins

Cast

François Leterrier Fontaine

Charles Le Clainche Jost

Maurice Beerblock Blanchet

Roland Monod Priest of Leiris

Jacques Ertaud Orsini

Jean Paul Delhumeau Hebrard

Roger Treherne Terry

Jean Philippe Delamarre Le Prisonnier 110

Jacques Oerlemans Chief Warden

Klaus Detlef Grevenhorst L'Officier de L'Abwehr

Leonhard Schmidt Escort Guard

Roger Planchon Guard on a Bike

Crew

Director

Robert Bresson

Writer

Robert Bresson

Producers

Alain Poiré

Jean Thuillier

Cinematography

Léonce-Henri Burel

Editor

Raymond Lamy

Production Design

Pierre Charbonnier

Original Writer

André Devigny

Art Direction

Pierre Charbonnier

Camera Operator

Henri Raichi

Assistant Directors

Jacques Ballanche

Michel Clément