IMDB link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022599/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
IMDB rating: 7,7
Director: Rene Clair
Main Cast: Henri Marchand, Raymond Cordy, Rolla France, Paul Ollivier
"What's the point of escaping from a real prison if you only wind up trapped in, say, a factory job, or a loveless marriage, or the strictures of high society? That's the question René Clair poses in this oddly paced but totally winning comedy. Clair's sound effects and musical interludes may feel dated to contemporary audiences, but they mark this film not as a quaint artifact but a forward-looking historical document. The factory scenes may be reminiscent of Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times, but Clair's work preceded Chaplin's by several years. Among the extras on the DVD edition is an essay by Chaplin scholar David Robinson on the plagiarism lawsuit brought against Chaplin by the producers of À Nous la Liberté, a suit of which Clair wanted no part. He said he would have been honored if Chaplin had used his film as inspiration, acknowledging his colleague's unmatched virtuosity." - http://www.allmovie.com/movie/%C3-nous-la-libert%C3%A9-v358/
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