A Man Escaped (1956)

A Man Escaped or: The Wind Bloweth Where It Listeth is a 1956 French film directed by Robert Bresson. It is based on the memoirs of André Devigny, a prisoner of war held at Montluc prison during World War II. The protagonist of the film is called Fontaine. The second part of the title comes from the Bible, John 3:8, and in English it is worded this way only in the Authorized King James Version (more recent translations using words like "wants" (which is the title in French) or "pleases" instead of "listeth"). Bresson, like Devigny and the character Fontaine, was imprisoned by Nazis as a member of the French Resistance.

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Cast:

• Maurice Beerblock
• César Gattegno — Le Prisonnier X
• Charles Le Clainche — François Jost
• François Leterrier
• François Leterrier — Lieutenant Fontaine
• Jacques Ertaud — Orsini
• Jacques Oerlemans — Chief Warder
• Jean Paul Delhumeau — Hebrard
• Charles Le Clainche
• Maurice Beerblock — Blanchet
• Roland Monod
• Roger Treherne — Terry
• Roland Monod — Le Pasteur