Papillon

Movie

1973

2h 31m

English

Crime, Drama

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8.1

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A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.

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Papillon

Movie

1973

2h 31m

English

Crime, Drama

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A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.

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8.1

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Cast

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Steve McQueen

Henri "Papillon" Charriere

Louis Dega

Indian Chief

Julot

Toussaint

Maturette

Clusiot

Lariot

Dr. Chatal

Zoraima

Warden Barrot

Pascal

Antonio

Sergeant

Guard

Santini

Mother Superior

Butterfly Trader

Old Con

Commandant

Classification Officer

Guard

Masked Breton

Deputy Warden

Turnkey

Directed By: Franklin J. Schaffner

Written By: Dalton Trumbo (Screenplay), Lorenzo Semple Jr. (Screenplay)

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Juliosoft says...

7 years ago

image and sound 3/5. It starts well but then it does not maintain the level although it's fine, I expected more

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totopsgr says...

9 years ago

This is a difficult movie to watch. Very slow paced but very effective in depicting the inhuman prison conditions. Not for everyone, but rewarding if you have the energy to connecti with it through the 151 minutes that it lasts

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siggi963 says...

4 weeks ago

An excellent movie with brilliant performances by McQueen and Hoffman. It depicts essentially the horrific conditions prisoners faced in the French colonies in the 1930s. An exceptional story about human resilience and the strive for freedom.

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Spiritualized Kaos says...

one year ago

Based on a true story about a prisoner on a Caribbean island.

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CinemaSerf

one year ago

Steve McQueen is superb as unlucky safe-cracker Henri "Papillon" Charrière, an innocent man convicted of murder and sentenced to imprisonment in the French penal colony at French Guiana. Once there, he learns quickly to appreciate the sheer brutality of a prison where any semblance of decency and h More

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adorablepanic

5 years ago

Although present for much of the filming, author Henri Charriere didn't live to see the release of PAPILLON (1973), which was based on his allegedly autobiographical novel. The veracity of what he recounts has been questioned virtually since the books' release in 1969, and the film takes further lib More

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Wuchak

2 years ago

_**The living hell of a penal colony in equatorial South America during the 30s**_

Henri Charrière’s account of his experiences from 1933-1945 involving the penal colony of Cayenne in French Guiana, South America, are chronicled, including solitary confinement, escape attempts, dwelling with G More

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John Chard

6 years ago

Grim and authentic telling of Henri "Papillon" Charrière's time at Devil's Island.

Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner (Planet Of The Apes/Patton), Papillon is adapted for the screen by Dalton Trumbo & Lorenzo Semple Jr. from notorious French felon Henri "Papillon" Charrière's own novel. It star More

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