A Man Escaped

A Man Escaped
Directed by	Robert Bresson
Written by	Robert Bresson
Based on	a memoir by André Devigny
Produced by	Alain Poiré Jean Thuillier
Starring	François Leterrier Charles Le Clainche Maurice Beerblock Roland Monod
Cinematography	Léonce-Henri Burel
Edited by	Raymond Lamy
Music by	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Production company	Gaumont Film Company
Distributed by	Gaumont Film Company
Release date	11 November 1956 (1956-11-11)
Running time	99 minutes
Country	France
Languages	French, German

A Man Escaped or The Wind Bloweth Where It Listeth (French: Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le Vent souffle où il veut, which literally translates as: "A man condemned to death has escaped or The wind blows where it wants"; the subtitle is a quote from John 3:8) is a 1956 French prison film directed by Robert Bresson. It is based on a memoir by André Devigny, a member of the French Resistance who was held in Montluc prison during World War II by the occupying Germans, though the protagonist of the film was given a different name.

The film was screened in competition at the 1957 Cannes Film Festival,^[1] and it has been one of Bresson's most renowned works since its initial release.^[2]