Le Trou
1960 · TMDB 8.2
Directed by Jacques Becker
Four prison inmates have been hatching a plan to literally dig out of jail when another prisoner, Claude Gaspard, is moved into their cell. They take a risk and share their plan with the newcomer. Over the course of three days, the prisoners and friends break through the concrete floor using a bed post and begin to make their way through the sewer system – yet their escape is anything but assured.
Why it matters
Four prisoners dig an escape tunnel in a French jail, their shared project stripping away all pretence and forging a new collective identity.
- Runtime
- 132 min
- Released
- 1960-03-18
- Studio
- Filmsonor
- Country
- France
- Language
- French
- TMDB score
- 8.2
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Key contributors
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Jacques Becker
Director
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José Giovanni
Writer
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Jean Aurel
Writer
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Michel Constantin
Geo Cassine
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Jean Keraudy
Roland Darban
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Philippe Leroy
Manu Borelli
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Raymond Meunier
Vossellin / Monseigneur
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Marc Michel
Claude Gaspard
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Jean-Paul Coquelin
Le lieutenant Grinval
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André Bervil
Le directeur de la prison
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Eddy Rasimi
Bouboule