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A Man Escaped

1956 · 101 min · Director: Robert Bresson ★ IMDb 8.1 · 31,272 ratings

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A captured French Resistance fighter during World War II engineers a daunting escape from prison.

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A Man Escaped (1956) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Tension 35%, Anxiety 25%, Anticipation 15%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Tension, Anxiety, Anticipation. Genres: Thriller, Drama. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Tension, Anxiety and Anticipation. Its IMDb rating of 8.1/10 suggests a strong audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 74/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Tension
  • Anxiety
  • Hope

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Anxiety

Dominant emotion: Hope

Tension
Anxiety
Hope
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values. Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 18 %, then peaks around 88 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionAnxietyHope
2.5 %≈ 3′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
7.5 %≈ 8′Sadness67 %58 %50 %28 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Empathy61 %51 %44 %34 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Sadness60 %53 %45 %32 %
22.5 %≈ 23′Tension65 %60 %55 %30 %
27.5 %≈ 28′Anxiety65 %58 %54 %36 %
32.5 %≈ 33′Hope61 %49 %40 %51 %
37.5 %≈ 38′Hope61 %49 %35 %59 %
42.5 %≈ 43′Hope64 %57 %45 %51 %
47.5 %≈ 48′Tension65 %63 %55 %40 %
52.5 %≈ 53′Sadness65 %61 %55 %37 %
57.5 %≈ 58′Tension69 %64 %55 %41 %
62.5 %≈ 63′Tension76 %71 %61 %36 %
67.5 %≈ 68′Tension76 %71 %63 %28 %
72.5 %≈ 73′Tension71 %66 %57 %35 %
77.5 %≈ 78′Hope74 %70 %59 %43 %
82.5 %≈ 83′Tension81 %80 %69 %29 %
87.5 %≈ 88′Tension84 %84 %74 %21 %
92.5 %≈ 93′Tension80 %80 %70 %28 %
97.5 %≈ 98′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
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Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

FL
François Leterrier

CL
Charles Le Clainche

MB
Maurice Beerblock

RM
Roland Monod

JE
Jacques Ertaud

JP
Jean Paul Delhumeau

RT
Roger Treherne

JP
Jean Philippe Delamarre

JO
Jacques Oerlemans

KD
Klaus Detlef Grevenhorst

LS
Leonhard Schmidt

Escort Guard

RP
Roger Planchon

Guard on a Bike

Details

Directed by
Robert Bresson
Written by
Robert Bresson, André Devigny
Type
Movies
Released
1956
Runtime
101 min
Country
France
Ratings
★ IMDb 8.1 · 31,272 ratings
Feels mostly
Tension
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