"Robert Bresson's Prize Winning Film"

1956

1h 41m

7.9(603 votes)

Drama

Thriller

Overview

A captured French Resistance fighter during World War II engineers a daunting escape from prison.

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Cast & Crew

12 members

Directing

François Leterrier

Fontaine

Acting

Charles Le Clainche

Jost

Acting

Maurice Beerblock

Blanchet

Acting

Roland Monod

Priest of Leiris

Directing

Jacques Ertaud

Orsini

Acting

Jean Paul Delhumeau

Hebrard

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Acting

Roger Treherne

Terry

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Jean Philippe Delamarre

Le Prisonnier 110

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Acting

Jacques Oerlemans

Chief Warden

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Klaus Detlef Grevenhorst

L'Officier de L'Abwehr

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Leonhard Schmidt

Escort Guard

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Roger Planchon

Guard on a Bike

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