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  • Director Jacques Becker used mainly non-actors for purposes of authenticity. In fact, one of his choices was actually involved in the 1947 escape.

  • Becker died two weeks after completing the film.

  • La Sante prison was replicated right down to the smallest details, thanks to the help of the three actual members of the escape whom Becker hired to serve as production consultants.

  • Shot over a period of 10 weeks.

  • Jean-Pierre Melville regarded this as one of the greatest French films ever made.

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