Catherine Spaak, Jean Keraudy, Jean Paul Coquelin
A group of cellmates plan a jailbreak by escaping through the prison's sewer system, but their plans could be potentially foiled by a newcomer who may turn them in.
DVD Release Date: November 20, 2001
Stats: 81 reviews
becker's final film and it's fantastic. every bit as good and a great counterpoint to bresson's masterpiece, a man escaped. completely nerve wracking
Five men propose themselves to start one of the most demanding and yearning tasks for any person in their condition: a flawless prison break.
Jacques Becker's relatively premature swansong is a riveting story of amazing simplicity and precision.
The suspense displayed is unbearab...( read more)
Jacques Becker's final film is a fine prison escape drama. Becker used a cast of mostly non-professionals for the five men planning the perfect prison escape. Luckily there are no unnecessary subplots to distract from the suspense, infact it is pretty simple and all we are shown ...( read more)
September 2009 - This is a masterpiece. A statement of how fantastic the pure formalism of cinema's language can become. The sounds, the vision, the precision that overwhelms the viewer everything is exactly what it wants to become. One wonders how else you could do this movie. O...( read more)
Une mise en scène d'une beauté et d'une précision exemplaires, des personnages somptueux, des acteurs parfaits... peut-être le meilleur film de Jacques Becker!
This is classic, I found myself more absorbed watching this old film than watching prison break,sighting so many cops from the periscope in the end is my favourite scene in this film.The detailed description of how they digged the tunnel and other work irresistably fills the audi...( read more)
Thrilling, detailed and atmospheric prison movie based on true events. Not to be missed.
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