Nov 11, 1956
101 min
Full-HD

A Man Escaped (1956)

A captured French Resistance fighter during World War II engineers a daunting escape from prison.

Category

Drama Thriller

Country

France

Companies

Gaumont Nouvelles Éditions de Films

François Leterrier

Fontaine

Charles Le Clainche

Jost

Maurice Beerblock

Blanchet

Roland Monod

Priest of Leiris

Jacques Ertaud

Orsini

Jean Paul Delhumeau

Hebrard

Roger Treherne

Terry

Jean Philippe Delamarre

Le Prisonnier 110

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