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2 videodiscs (101 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([16] pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.)
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Criterion collection #650
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1956
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
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, Kalus Detlef Grevenhorst, Leonhard Schmidt
Rating: Not rated
DVD, NTSC region 1; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; PCM mono
In French; with English subtitles