Un condamné à mort s’est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut (A Man Escaped or: The Wind Bloweth Where it Listeth), Robert Bresson, 1956, France, 101 min.
Robert Bresson’s film is based on the memoirs of André Devigny, a member of the French Resistance who was imprisoned by the Nazis in Montluc prison in Lyon in 1943 and sentenced to death after several failed attempts to escape. Four days before the planned execution, Devigny finally succeeded and fled to the safe haven of Switzerland.
Final Cut is a documenta 14 film program that takes place at Filmladen Kassel, a small arthouse cinema, during the final week of the exhibition. Daily from September 11–17, beginning at 8:30 pm, it presents a selection of riveting yet seldom-seen films compiled by Artistic Director Adam Szymczyk.
If not stated otherwise, all screenings show original versions with English subtitles.
Entrance fee: 7.50 € / reduced 7 €. Tickets for the screenings can be purchased from September 7 or on the day of the screenings, daily from 5 pm at Filmladen Kassel. Reservations are not possible.