A Man Escaped or: The Wind Bloweth Where It Listeth is the English title of the 1956 French film Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut, directed by Robert Bresson. In this film, based on the memoirs of André Devigny, Fontaine, a member of the French Resistance during World War II, is captured by the Nazis and sentenced to death. He plans to escape from his cell, but before he can carry out the escape, he is given a cellmate. Unsure of whether his new cellmate is a French patriot or a German agent, he must choose between letting him in on the plan or killing him. Jump to: navigation, search 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search Robert Bresson (September 25, 1901–December 18, 1999) was a French film director well known for his mastery of minimalism film-making. ... The French Resistance is the name used for resistance movements that fought military occupation of France by Nazi Germany and the Vichy France undemocratic regime during World War II after the government and the high command of France surrendered in 1940. ... Jump to: navigation, search World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atom bomb. ...
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