Fontaine (François Leterrier), a member of the French Resistance, is captured by the Nazis and sentenced to death. He forms a plan to escape, but before he can carry it out, he is given a cell mate. Unsure of whether he is a French patriot or a German agent, Fontaine must choose between letting him in on the plan or killing him. Eventually, the two men escape the prison.
Directed by
Robert Bresson
Written by
Robert Bresson; André Devigny (memoir).
Starring
François Leterrier (Lieutenant Fontaine); Charles Le Clainche (François Jost); Maurice Beerblock (Blanchet); Roland Monod (Le Pasteur); Jacques Ertaud (Orsini); Jean Paul Delhumeau (Hebrard); Roger Treherne (Terry); Jean Philippe Delamarre (Prisoner No, 110); César Gattegno (Le Prisonnier X); Jacques Oerlemans (Chief Warder); Klaus Detlef Grevenhorst (German Intelligence Officer); Leonhard Schmidt (Le Convoyeur). Please contact SFC to add other cast members and characters.
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