Papillon
The greatest adventure of escape!
1973 • 151 min • Crime · Drama
Our family guide
Best from age 14- 100 Reviewers · 6 · 69%
- 78 Audience · 2152 · 31%
Kulingana na hadithi ya kweli, filamu hii inamfuata Henri "Papillon" Charrière, mwanaume aliyepatikana na hatia kimakosa ya mauaji, anapovumilia makoloni ya kikatili ya gereza la Ufaransa na kujaribu mara kwa mara kutoroka kifungo chake kisicho cha haki. Safari yake ni ya ustahimilivu na azma isiyoyumba ya kurejesha uhuru.
- Violence & peril
- 6/10
- Language
- 2/10
- Drinking, drugs & smoking
- 3/10
- Romance & sensuality
- 1/10
- Scary moments
- 5/10
Heads up
- Matukio ya maisha ya kikatili gerezani
- Baadhi ya picha za wazi za ghasia
- Mada za dhuluma na kukata tamaa
- Inaonyesha kifungo cha upweke cha kikoloni cha kihistoria na athari zake
What it models well
- Ustahimilivu mbele ya matatizo
- Uvumilivu na azma
- Matumaini na hamu ya kuishi
- Uaminifu na urafiki
Talk about it after
- Mfumo wa haki na hukumu zisizo za haki
- Uhalisia mgumu wa maisha gerezani
- Thamani ya urafiki katika nyakati ngumu
- Ni nini kinachomfanya mtu kuwa huru kweli?
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Top billed cast
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner • Crew: Lorenzo Semple Jr., Dalton Trumbo
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Reviewer notes
Recommended**A classic film with a remarkable story and great actors.** This is a work that almost everyone remembers if the theme is films about the prison environment.…
RecommendedSteve McQueen is superb as unlucky safe-cracker Henri "Papillon" Charrière, an innocent man convicted of murder and sentenced to imprisonment in the French penal colony at French Guiana. Once there, he learns quickly to appreciate the sheer brutality of a prison where any semblance of decency and humanity has been long abandoned.…
Recommended_**The living hell of a penal colony in equatorial South America during the 30s**_ Henri Charrière’s account of his experiences from 1933-1945 involving the penal colony of Cayenne in French Guiana, South America, are chronicled, including solitary confinement, escape attempts, dwelling with Goajira Indians (in northeastern Columbia) and living on Devil's Island.…
RecommendedAlthough present for much of the filming, author Henri Charriere didn't live to see the release of PAPILLON (1973), which was based on his allegedly autobiographical novel. The veracity of what he recounts has been questioned virtually since the books' release in 1969, and the film takes further liberties, leaving one to wonder if this adventure picture is more fiction than fact.…
RecommendedTrusted family reviewersGrim and authentic telling of Henri "Papillon" Charrière's time at Devil's Island. Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner (Planet Of The Apes/Patton), Papillon is adapted for the screen by Dalton Trumbo & Lorenzo Semple Jr. from notorious French felon Henri "Papillon" Charrière's own novel. It stars Steve McQueen (Papillon) & Dustin Hoffman (Louis Dega), is primarily shot in Jamaica & Spain with Fred J.…
RecommendedTrusted family reviewersGrim and authentic telling of Henri "Papillon" Charrière's time at Devil's Island. Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner (Planet Of The Apes/Patton), Papillon is adapted for the screen by Dalton Trumbo & Lorenzo Semple Jr. from notorious French felon Henri "Papillon" Charrière's own novel. It stars Steve McQueen (Papillon) & Dustin Hoffman (Louis Dega), is primarily shot in Jamaica & Spain with Fred J.…
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Details
- TMDB audience
- 7.8/10 (2,152)
- Age rating
- PG
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $12,000,000
- Box office
- $53,267,000
- IMDb
- tt0070511
