
Charles Le Clainche
Jost
Maurice Beerblock
Blanchet
Roland Monod
Priest of Leiris
Jean Paul Delhumeau
Hebrard
Roger Treherne
Terry
Jean Philippe Delamarre
Le Prisonnier 110
Jacques Oerlemans
Chief Warden
Klaus Detlef Grevenhorst
L'Officier de L'Abwehr
Leonhard Schmidt
Escort Guard
Roger Planchon
Guard on a Bike


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Reviews

Probably my favourite film from Robert Bresson, this tells the story of "Fontaine" (François Leterrier). He has been arrested by the Nazis on charges of spying and bombing, and is imprisoned without trial. His prognosis is not very good, but he is determined not to succumb to the fear and intimidation of his oppressors. One night in his cell, he observes that the door that holds him is made of oak
You can see much of where Tarkovsky got his patience from. The ending is given away by the title but somehow the last half hour / escape sequence is still, to quote another reviewer, unbearably suspenseful. I much prefer this Ian Curtis performance to anything he did for Joy Division.












