| Description |
2 videodiscs (101 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([16] pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.). |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 650 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 650.
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| System Details |
DVD, NTSC region 1; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; PCM mono. |
| Cast |
François Leterrier, Charles Le Clainche, Maurice Beerblock, Roland Monod, Jacques Ertaud, Jean Paul Delhumeau, Roger Treherne, *Jean-Philippe Delamarre, Cesar Gattegno, Jacques Oerlemans, Kalus Detlef Grevenhorst, Leonhard Schmidt. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, L.H. Burel ; production designer, Pierre Charbonnier ; music by Mozart ; film editor, Raymond Lamy. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1956. |
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Based on the narrative by André Devigny. |
| Audience |
Rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
Based on the memoirs of an imprisoned French resistance leader, this unbelievably taut and methodical marvel follows the fictional Fontaine's single-minded pursuit of freedom, detailing the planning and carrying out of his escape with gripping precision. |
| Note |
Special features: Disc 1: Trailer. Disc 2: Bresson: without a trace, a 1965 episode of the television program Cineastes de notre temps; The road to Bresson, a 1984 documentary; The essence of forms, a forty-five minute documentary from 2010; Functions of film sound, a new visual essay. Booklet featuring an essay by film scholar Tony Pipolo. |
| Language |
In French; with English subtitles. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording A man escaped. |
| Subject |
Escapes -- Germany -- Drama.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons -- Drama.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Drama.
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| Added Author |
Bresson, Robert, director, author of screenplay.
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Thuillier, Jean, producer.
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Poiré, Alain, producer.
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Leterrier, François, actor.
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Le Clainche, Charles, actor.
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Beerblock, Maurice, actor.
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Monod, Roland, actor.
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Ertaud, Jacques, 1924-1995, actor.
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Delhumeau, Jean Paul, actor.
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Treherne, Roger, actor.
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Delamarre, Jean Philippe, actor.
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Gattegno, César, actor.
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Oerlemans, Jacques, actor.
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Grevenhorst, Klaus Detlef, actor.
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Schmidt, Leonhard, 1892- actor.
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Burel, Léonce-Henri, 1892-1977, director of photography.
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Charbonnier, Pierre, production designer.
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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791, composer (expression)
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Lamy, Raymond, film editor.
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Devigny, André, 1916-1999., author.
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Pipolo, Tony, essayist.
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Janus Films.
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Gaumont (Firm)
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Nouvelles éditions de films (Firm)
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Man escaped |
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Robert Bresson's A man escaped |
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Vent souffle où il veut |
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Wind blows where it wishes |
| ISBN |
9781604657074 |
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1604657073 |
| Standard No. |
715515104111 |
| Music No. |
CC2243D Criterion Collection |
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