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Un condamné à mort s'est échappé, ou, Le vent souffle où il veut [videorecording] / Janus Films ; Gaumont présente ; Gaumont Distribution présente ; un film de Robert Bresson ; scénario et dialogues de Robert Bresson ; une co-production, Gaumont, Nouvelles Editions de Films ; producteurs délégués, Jean Thuillier et Alain Poiré.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: CC2243D | Criterion CollectionLanguage: French Series: Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 650.Publication details: [New York] : Criterion Collection, [2013]Edition: Two-DVD special editionDescription: 2 videodiscs (101 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([16] p. : ill. ; 18 cm.)ISBN:
  • 9781604657074
  • 1604657073
Other title:
  • Vent souffle où il veut
  • Title from English subtitles: Man escaped, or, the wind blows where it wishes
  • Wind blows where it wishes
  • Robert Bresson's A man escaped
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Director of photography, L.H. Burel ; production designer, Pierre Charbonnier ; music by Mozart ; film editor, Raymond Lamy.
Cast: François Leterrier, Charles Le Clainche, Maurice Beerblock, Roland Monod, Jacques Ertaud, Jean Paul Delhumeau, Roger Treherne, Jean-Philippe Delamarre, Cesar Gattegno, Jacques Oerlemans, Klaus Detlef Grevenhorst, Leonhard Schmidt.Summary: Based on the memoirs of an imprisoned French resistance leader, this unbelievably taut and methodical marvel follows the fictional Fontaine's single-minded pursuit of freedom, detailing the planning and carrying out of his escape with gripping precision.
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Popular DVD Popular DVD Albright College Library CCM--Ask at Reference Desk DVD F-DVD MES 1334 pt.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31856002390779
Popular DVD Popular DVD Albright College Library CCM--Ask at Reference Desk DVD F-DVD MES 1333 pt.1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31856002390761
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1956.

Based on the narrative by André Devigny.

Special features: Disc 1: Trailer. Disc 2: Bresson: without a trace, a 1965 episode of the television program Cineastes de notre temps; The road to Bresson, a 1984 documentary; The essence of forms, a forty-five minute documentary from 2010; Functions of film sound, a new visual essay. Booklet featuring an essay by film scholar Tony Pipolo.

Director of photography, L.H. Burel ; production designer, Pierre Charbonnier ; music by Mozart ; film editor, Raymond Lamy.

François Leterrier, Charles Le Clainche, Maurice Beerblock, Roland Monod, Jacques Ertaud, Jean Paul Delhumeau, Roger Treherne, Jean-Philippe Delamarre, Cesar Gattegno, Jacques Oerlemans, Klaus Detlef Grevenhorst, Leonhard Schmidt.

Based on the memoirs of an imprisoned French resistance leader, this unbelievably taut and methodical marvel follows the fictional Fontaine's single-minded pursuit of freedom, detailing the planning and carrying out of his escape with gripping precision.

Rating: Not rated.

DVD, NTSC; region 1; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; mono.

In French; with English subtitles.

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F-DVD 1333, F-DVD 1334

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