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Papillon

OT: Papillon

Franklin J. Schaffner // USA, 1973
Fiction Feature // FF2012

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Story

Henri Charrière (Steve McQueen) wears the symbol of his absolute will to be free on his chest: a butterfly. The tattoo led him to be nicknamed Papillon. In the 1930s, he is sent to a prison camp in French Guyana for a murder he didn‘t commit. On the journey he gets to know Louis Dega (Dustin Hoffman), a shy, slight forger. The two become friends. With Dega’s support, Papillon starts a legendary series of bold attempts to escape, one of which even takes him to Columbia. A magnificently shot, very exciting adventure film.

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Papillon

Fiction Feature

English

Agenda 12//FF2012


USA

1973

150 min

OV

Franklin J. Schaffner

Dalton Trumbo, Lorenzo Semple Jr. basierend auf einer Vorlage von Henri Charrière

Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman, Victor Jory, Don Gordon, Anthony Zerbe, Robert Deman

Franklin J. Schaffner, Robert Dorfmann

Fred J. Koenekamp

Robert Swink

Jerry Goldsmith

Anthony Masters

Sony Pictures Releasing GmbH

Allied Artists; Solar Productions; Les Films Corona

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