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Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut (Original title)A Man Escaped (Alternative title)Le Vent souffle où il veut (Alternative title)Gestapo... Lyon, 1943 (Alternative title)Un Condamné à mort s'est échappé (Alternative title)
Date: 1956 (Release)

Country: France

Director: Robert Bresson

Synopsis: True story of the hazardous and daring wartime escape of a French officer from the condemned cell of a Nazi prison, with action set to Mozart's Great C-Minor Mass.

Genre:
Drama

Subjects:
Prisoners, Nazi Party, Escapes
Releases
Date: 1956Country: FranceRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 102 mins Length: 9162 FeetDialogue (dubbed): French
Date: 1993Country: United KingdomRelease type: Home ViewingFormat: VHS Videocassette - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 98 mins Dialogue (original): French / Subtitles: EnglishDistributor: Artificial Eye Film Company

Articles held in BFI Reuben Library (35)
In: Empire n229 July 2008  Page: 175
Title: At home/DVD reissues: The Robert Bresson CollectionAuthor: FREER, Ian Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
Description: DVD box set comprising: A MAN ESCAPED. LANCELOT DU LAC, and The DEVIL, PROBABLY.

In: Sight and Sound v18 n8 August 2008  Page: 85
Title: Reviews: DVDs: Films by Robert BressonAuthor: BROOKE, Michael Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
Description: DVD reviews for: Un CONDAMNÉ À MORT S'EST ÉCHAPPÉ OU LE VENT SOUFFLE OÙ IL VEUT, LANCELOT DU LAC and Le DIABLE PROBABLEMENT.

In: Empire n210 December 2006  Pages: 184-185
Title: At Home: The Top 10: Prison breaksAuthor: BRAUND, Simon Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
Description: Brief critiques of the ten best prison escape scenes in film s.

In: CinémAction n105 2002  Pages: 237-246
Title: L'évasion: du Condamné à mort s'est échappé de Bresson...Author: PUAUX, Françoise Article type: ArticleLanguage: French
Description: Analysis of two French prison escape films: Robert Bresson's CONDAMNÉ À MORT S'EST ÉCHAPPÉ and Jacques Becker's Le TROU. [article ends...au Trou de Becker'].

In: Sight and Sound v9 n12 December 1999  Page: 65
Title: Video: retailAuthor: MACNAB, Geoffrey Article type: Video ReviewLanguage: English

In: Télérama n2448 11 Dec 1996  Page: 142
Title: [Télérama - n2448 11 Dec 1996: no known title]Author: G.C. Article type: CreditsLanguage: French

In: Nottingham French Studies v32 n1 Spring 1993  Pages: 43-54
Title: The Hand of God: Dramatic Structure in Robert Bresson's CONDAuthor: ARMES, Roy Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: On the narrative structure and realism in CONDAMNÉ À MORT S'EST ÉCHAPPÉ

In: Sight and Sound v3 n6 June 1993  Page: 69
Title: [Sight and Sound - v3 n6 June 1993: no known title]Article type: NoteLanguage: English
Description: Video note

In: Avant-Scène du Cinéma n408/409 Jan/Feb 1992  Pages: 63-66
Title: [L'Avant-Scène du Cinéma - n408/409 Jan/Feb 1992: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: French
Description: In a special issue devoted to Bresson.

In: Time Out n1055 7 Nov 1990  Page: 35
Title: [Time Out - n1055 7 Nov 1990: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
Description: Short review.

In: The Listener v124 n3191 15 Nov 1990  Page: 41
Title: [The Listener - v124 n3191 15 Nov 1990: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English

In: City Limits n475 8 Nov 1990  Page: 20
Title: [City Limits - n475 8 Nov 1990: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English

In: Radio Times v254 n3331 26 Sep 1987  Page: 26
Title: [Radio Times - v254 n3331 26 Sep 1987: no known title]Language: English
Description: Note.

In: The Listener v118 n3030 24 Sep 1987  Page: 34
Title: [The Listener - v118 n3030 24 Sep 1987: no known title]Language: English

In: Quarterly Review of Film Studies v1 n4 November 1976  Pages: 453-473
Title: [Quarterly Review of Film Studies - v1 n4 November 1976: no known title]Language: English

In: Revue Internationale d'Histoire du Cinéma v3 n1975 Fiche nos.13-18  Page: [fiche no.14]
Title: Souvenirs de L.H. BurelAuthor: PREDAL, René (2e partie) Article type: CreditsLanguage: French
Description: Transcript of interviews with cinematographer Burel on his career between 1945 and 1966, with reference to films and collaboration with filmmakers, particularly Robert Bresson. Includes various documents on projects & filmog. from 1916.

In: SubStance n9 1974  Pages: 59-66
Title: [SubStance - n9 1974: no known title]Language: English
Description: Analysis.

In: Filmkritik n10 October 1961  Page: 499
Title: [Filmkritik - n10 October 1961: no known title]Language: German

In: Cinema Nuovo v12 n138 Mar/Apr 1959  Page: 143
Title: [Cinema Nuovo - v12 n138 Mar/Apr 1959: no known title]Language: Italian

In: Revue Internationale du Cinéma v8 n28 1957  Pages: 15-22
Title: [Revue Internationale du Cinéma - v8 n28 1957: no known title]Language: French

In: Cinéma n14 January 1957  Page: 110
Title: [Cinéma - n14 January 1957: no known title]Language: French

In: Téléciné n64 March 1957
Title: [Téléciné - n64 March 1957: no known title]Language: French
Description: Analysis.

In: Le Film Francais n666/667 Spécial
Title: [ Le Film Francais - n666/667 Spécial: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: French

In: Daily Film Renter n7411 27 Jun 1957  Page: 7
Title: [Daily Film Renter - n7411 27 Jun 1957: no known title]Language: English

In: Sight and Sound v27 n1 Summer 1957  Page: 32
Title: [Sight and Sound - v27 n1 Summer 1957: no known title]Language: English

In: Positif v2 n20 January 1957  Page: 39
Title: [Positif - v2 n20 January 1957: no known title]Language: French

In: Monthly Film Bulletin v24 n283 August 1957  Page: 95
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v24 n283 August 1957: no known title]Language: English

In: Film Culture v3 n4 November 1957  Page: 6
Title: [Film Culture - v3 n4 November 1957: no known title]Language: English

In: Today's Cinema v88 n7806 27 Jun 1957  Page: 8
Title: [Today's Cinema - v88 n7806 27 Jun 1957: no known title]Language: English

In: La Cinématographie Française n1694 24 Nov 1956  Page: 29
Title: [La Cinématographie Française - n1694 24 Nov 1956: no known title]Language: French

In: Cinema Nuovo v8 n93 November 1956  Page: 237
Title: [Cinema Nuovo - v8 n93 November 1956: no known title]Language: Italian
Description: Making.

In: Cahiers du Cinéma v11 n65 December 1956  Page: 42
Title: [Cahiers du Cinéma - v11 n65 December 1956: no known title]Language: French

In: Variety 12 Dec 1956
Title: [Variety - 12 Dec 1956: no known title]Language: English

In: Cahiers du Cinéma v11 n64 November 1956
Title: [Cahiers du Cinéma - v11 n64 November 1956: no known title]Language: French
Description: On production of the film.

In: Le Film Francais n649 16 Nov 1956  Page: 9
Title: [ Le Film Francais - n649 16 Nov 1956: no known title]Language: French


Books held in BFI Reuben Library (6)
Title: Robert Bresson
Author: QUANDT, James  Pages: 745 pages

Title: Writers at the movies: twenty-six contemporary authors celebrate twenty-six memorable movies
Author: SHEPARD, Jim  Pages: viii, 277 p.

Title: Action and image: dramatic structure in cinema
Author: Armes, Roy  Pages: vii-x. 198p.

Title: Le cinema moderne
Author: JACOB, Gilles  Pages: 232p.
Description: Chapters on:- Jacque Tati, Robert Bresson, Michelangelo Antonioni, Joseph Losey, Orson Welles, Fritz Lane, Jules Dassin, John Huston, Francois Truffaut, Jean Vigo, Jean-Luc Godard, Jacques Demy, Bergman and Renoir, Ernst Lubitsch, Alain Resn Le CONDAMNE A MORT S'EST ECHAPPE pp. 23-32 L' IMMORTELLE pp. 166-175 Michelangelo ANTONIONI pp. 33-43 Rene CLEMENT pp. 177-186 Jules DASSIN pp. 83-92 Francois TRUFFAUT pp. 101-113 Jean VIGO pp. 117-126 Orson WELLES pp. 55-66

Title: condamne a mort s'est echappe
Author: DEVIGNY, Andre  Pages: 260p

Title: La résistance dans le cinéma français: 1944-1994. De La Libération de Paris à Libera me
Author: LANGLOIS, Suzanne  Pages: 444, [10]p.