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A Man Escaped(1956)
Status: Released
Date: 1956-11-11
79%
563 Votes
Time: 1h 41m
Robert Bresson's Prize Winning Film
Overview:
A captured French Resistance fighter during World War II engineers a daunting escape from prison.
Languages: German, French.
Countries:
France
ProductionCompanies: 
Nouvelles Éditions de Films
Movie: A Man Escaped
Top 10 Billed Cast
François Leterrier
Fontaine
Charles Le Clainche
Jost
Maurice Beerblock
Blanchet
Roland Monod
Priest of Leiris
Jacques Ertaud
Orsini
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A Man Escaped - Original Trailer
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Three Reasons: A Man Escaped
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