Papillon
The greatest escape adventure ever told
Rating: 7.3 out of 10TMDB(2.2K votes)
Overview
Henri “Papillon” Charrière, a safecracker from the Parisian underworld, is wrongfully convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in the penal colony of French Guiana, where he forges a strong friendship with Louis Dega, a counterfeiter who needs his protection.
Fun facts
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Box office
Grossed $10.1M worldwide
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Based on
Based on Papillon and Banco
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Setting
Set in Paris, French Guiana and Devil's Island
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Music
Music by David Buckley
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Hagen Bogdanski
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Henri CharrièreBook
- Aaron GuzikowskiScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 7, 2017
- Original language
- English
- Revenue
- $10.1M
- Countries
- Czech Republic, Malta, Serbia, Spain, United States of America
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In the United States
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Cast
Charlie HunnamHenri 'Papillon' Charrière
Rami MalekLouis Dega
Christopher FairbankJean Castili
Eve HewsonNennete
Michael SochaJulot
Brian VernelGuittou
Nicholas AsburyCommandant
Louisa PiliClara
Antonio de la CruzTribouillard
Andre FlynnGalgani
Yorick van WageningenWarden Barrot
Nikola KentDeputy Warden Brioulet
Mark PhelanSierra
Michael AdamsBartiloni
Roland MøllerCelier
Slavko SobinEl Caiman
Luka PerošSantini
Goran NavojecSmuggler
Dragan MićanovićDoctor Guibert
Joel BasmanMaturette
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