English title: A Man Escaped
A member of the Resistance is imprisoned. He befriends several people in jail. His obsession is to escape. He finds a way to escape from his cell, and subsequently comes up with a plan to escape from the prison complex. The unexpected arrival of a cellmate poses a dilemma.
The book, which I read in 1996, is an account of a real prison escape in 1943; the film is a faithful adaptation and just as entertaining. It's really the opposite of Hollywood productions because there is no sensationalism and also, let's admit it, because this is no Alcatraz, but a shoddily guarded prison. The film's subtitle -- The Wind Blows Where It Wants, from the Gospel of John -- is the classical excuse that Christians bring up for God's apparent indifference to man's prayers; here the irony is evident, since the film's main character is a person of action in whose life God plays at most a secondary part.
Rating: 66
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