A man escaped [DVD video]

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.

General Note:

Title from disc surface.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1956.

Based on the narrative by André Devigny.

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.

Performers:

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.

Technical Details:

DVD, NTSC region 1; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; PCM mono.

Subject Term:

Escapes -- Germany -- Drama.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons -- Drama.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Drama.

Genre:

Feature films.

Foreign films.

French language films.

Language:

French