A Man Escaped

7.9
Overview
A captured French Resistance fighter during World War II engineers a daunting escape from prison.
Reviews (2)
tmdb47633491 (Rated: 8)
You can see much of where Tarkovsky got his patience from. The ending is given away by the title but somehow the last half hour / escape sequence is still, to quote another reviewer, unbearably suspenseful. I much prefer this Ian Curtis performance to anything he did for Joy Division.
CinemaSerf (Rated: 7)
Probably my favourite film from Robert Bresson, this tells the story of "Fontaine" (François Leterrier). He has been arrested by the Nazis on charges of spying and bombing, and is imprisoned without trial. His prognosis is not very good, but he is determined not to succumb to the fear and intimidati...
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