Overview
Prisoners await execution by firing squad when they are captured during the Spanish Civil War in this drama taken from the novella by Jean-Paul Sarte. Pablo is a loyalist jailed after he searches for his brother. An Irish mercenary and a Belgian physician are his cellmates. Flashbacks recall their lives before the war as they spend their last moments on Earth waiting for their date with death.
Fun facts
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Setting
Set in Spain
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Denys Clerval
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Serge RoulletWriter
- Jean-Paul SartreWriter
- Original title
- Le mur
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 22, 1967
- Original language
- French
- Countries
- France
Production
Cast
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