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A Man Escaped
MEANRANK
85/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #107
- IMDb #281
- Rotten Tomatoes #41
- Metacritic #4811
- Letterboxd #92
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #29
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- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #284
- Metacritic Audience #208
- Criticker #21
- Kinopoisk #405
- AlloCiné #161
- Trakt #386
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 78, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 100. Critics average 100, everyone else 84.
See the most agreed on films →Based on a true story, a French Resistance fighter is imprisoned by the Nazis in a high-security fortress. He meticulously plans his escape, crafting tools from his cell and observing the guards' routines. Every detail of his painstaking preparation is documented, building unbearable tension as he waits for the perfect moment to make his bid for freedom.
Details
- Director
- Robert Bresson
- Writer
- Robert Bresson
- Studio
- Gaumont, Nouvelles Éditions de Films
- Released
- 11 November 1956
- Country
- France
- Language
- French, German
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Rated
- NR
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Cast
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Awards
Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award4 wins & 3 nominations total
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