A Man Escaped

A Man Escaped
Directed byRobert Bresson
Written byRobert Bresson
Based ona memoir
by André Devigny
Produced byAlain Poiré
Jean Thuillier
StarringFrançois Leterrier
Charles Le Clainche
Maurice Beerblock
Roland Monod
CinematographyLéonce-Henri Burel
Edited byRaymond Lamy
Music byWolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Production
company
Distributed byGaumont Film Company
Release date
  • 11 November 1956 (1956-11-11)
Running time
99 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguagesFrench, German

A Man Escaped or The Wind Bloweth Where It Listeth (French: Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le Vent souffle où il veut, which literally translates as: "A man condemned to death has escaped or The wind blows where it wants"; the subtitle is a quote from John 3:8) is a 1956 French prison film directed by Robert Bresson. It is based on a memoir by André Devigny, a member of the French Resistance who was held in Montluc prison during World War II by the occupying Germans, though the protagonist of the film was given a different name.

The film was screened in competition at the 1957 Cannes Film Festival,[1] and it has been one of Bresson's most renowned works since its initial release.[2]

  1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: A Man Escaped". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-02-08.
  2. ^ Cunneen 2004, p. 59.