| Edition |
Two-DVD special edition. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (101 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([16] pages : illustrations ; 18 cm) |
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two-dimensional moving image tdi rdacontent |
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video v rdamedia |
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videodisc vd rdacarrier |
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digital optical mono Dolby Digital rda |
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full screen (1.33:1) |
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NTSC rda |
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video file DVD video region 1 rda |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 650 |
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Criterion collection ; 650.
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| System Details |
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono. |
| Language |
In French, with English subtitles. |
| Cast |
François Leterrier, Charles Le Clainche, Maurice Beerblock, Roland Monod, Jacques Ertaud, Jean Paul Delhumeau, Roger Treherne, Jean-Philippe Delamarre, Cesar Gattegno, Jacques Oerlemans, Klaus Detlef Grevenhorst, Leonhard Schmidt. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, L.H. Burel ; production designer, Pierre Charbonnier ; music by Mozart ; film editor, Raymond Lamy. |
| Note |
Based on the narrative by André Devigny. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1956. |
| Audience |
MPAA 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. |
| Contents |
True story -- Letters -- Courage -- Door -- Neighbor -- Fight -- Rope -- Orsini -- Hooks -- Parcel -- Doubts -- Sentence -- Jost -- Good-bye -- Roof -- Guard -- Escape -- Color bars. |
| 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 the essay "Quintessential Bresson" by film scholar Tony Pipolo. |
| Subject |
Devigny, André, 1916-1999 -- Drama.
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Escapes -- Germany -- Drama.
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Prisoners of war -- France -- Drama.
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Prisoners of war -- Germany -- Drama.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, German -- Drama.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Motion pictures, French.
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War films.
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Historical films.
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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, approximately 1930-1998, 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, 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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Pipolo, Tony, essayist.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Devigny, André, 1916-1999.
Condamné à mort s'est échappé.
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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 |
Vent souffle où il veut |
| Note |
Title from English subtitles: Man escaped, or, The wind blows where it wishes |
| Added Title |
Wind blows where it wishes |
| Note |
Title on container: Robert Bresson's A man escaped |
| ISBN |
9781604657074 |
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1604657073 |
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9786314986629 |
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6314986621 |
| Standard No. |
715515104111 |
| Music No. |
CC2243D Criterion Collection |
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