A Man Escaped

Captured French Resistance fighter Lieutenant Fontaine awaits execution for espionage in a stark Nazi prison in Lyon. He must plot an extraordinary escape, complicated by the questions of whom to trust, and what lies beyond the small portion of the prison he is housed in.
With the simplest of concepts and sparest of techniques, Robert Bresson made one of the most suspenseful jailbreak films of all time. Based on the account of an imprisoned French Resistance leader, this taut and methodical marvel follows the fictional Fontaine’s single-minded pursuit of freedom, detailing the planning and execution of his escape with gripping precision. A work of intense spirituality and humanity, the film remains one of Bresson's most acclaimed and influential works.
Dir. Robert Bresson, 1956, France, 101 minutes, U. In French with English subtitles