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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

Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(5)

Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 01:38:00 minutesColour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-757961
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access



Video materials(1)
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 01:38:00 minutesColour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-757961
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access



Film materials(4)
Description: 16mm BW PositiveBase: AcetateSound: CombinedLength: 3610 FeetStock date: 1957BFI identifier: C-33153
Status: Master - Access to film print is subject to clearance


Description: 16mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedStock date: 1958BFI identifier: C-594049
Status: Master - Access to film print is subject to clearance


Description: 16mm Dupe NegativeBase: CTASound: MuteLength: 3576 FeetStock date: 1957BFI identifier: C-1274632
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film


Description: 16mm Dupe NegativeBase: CTASound: SoundLength: 3576 FeetStock date: 1957BFI identifier: C-1274646
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film