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Cinematic background from Papillon 1973 - A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.

Papillon

1973

Biography, Crime, Drama

Directors:

Franklin J. Schaffner

Writers:

Dalton Trumbo, Lorenzo Semple Jr., William Goldman, Henri Charrière

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Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – An older man with white hair and a beard; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – An old man with white hair is holding a cup; Close Up shot, High angle

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Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – A man's face with a lot of dirt on his face; Close Up shot, Low angle

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Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – A person wearing a red shirt; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – An older man with a beard and a striped shirt; Close Up shot, High angle

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Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – A person wearing a hat; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – A man sitting on the ground in a jail cell; Medium shot, High angle

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Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – A man in a straw hat and striped shirt; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – A man sitting on a log on the beach; Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – A man in a dark room with blood all over his face; Medium shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – An old man wearing a head covering looking sad; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – A person sitting on a dock looking out at the ocean; Extreme Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – An older man with a beard and blue eyes; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – A person wearing a shirt; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – A man sitting down holding a cup in his hands; Medium shot, High angle

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Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – A person looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – A person with white hair; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – An older man with white hair and blue eyes stares at the camera; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – An older man with white hair standing in front of a body of water; Close Up shot, Low angle

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Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – A person with blue eyes looking at the camera; Close Up shot, High angle

Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – A man standing in the dark wearing a jacket; Medium shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – A person with blue eyes; Close Up shot, High angle

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Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – An old man with white hair and blue eyes looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – A man is getting his head shaved by an old man; Medium shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – A person wearing a hat with trees in the background; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – A person laying on the ground; Close Up shot, High angle

Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – A large group of men in grey clothes and black hats; Wide shot, High angle

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Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – A group of people standing around each other wearing hats; Medium shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – A person wearing a hat; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – A person with white hair; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – A group of men in striped shirts and straw hats; Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – An older man sitting on top of a rock; Wide shot, Low angle

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Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – A group of men standing next to each other; Medium shot, High angle

Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – A man in a striped shirt with chains around his neck; Medium shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – A person sitting on a couch holding a bowl; Close Up shot, High angle

Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – A person wearing a jacket; Close Up shot, Low angle

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Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – A man sitting on the ground with a cigarette in his mouth; Close Up shot, Low angle

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Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – A crowd of people walking down a street; Extreme Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – A man sitting in a dark room holding a knife; Medium shot, High angle

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Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – A man holding a metal pot in a dark room; Medium shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – A man shaving another man's face with a razor; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – A group of men in red uniforms standing around a prison; Extreme Wide shot, High angle

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Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – A person wearing a hat; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – A person with white hair; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – A man in a dirty shirt is standing in the dark; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – A man sitting in front of a group of people; Extreme Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – A person wearing a hat; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – A person wearing a jacket; Close Up shot, Low angle

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Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – A group of men standing next to each other; Medium shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – A man shaving his face while another man looks on; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – A group of men standing in front of a building; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – A man sitting on a rock looking out at the ocean; Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – A man looking at himself in the mirror; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – A group of men standing next to each other on top of a boat; Medium shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – A group of men in old - fashioned clothing walking down a street; Medium shot, Low angle

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Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – A man with glasses and a beard wearing glasses; Close Up shot, Low angle

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Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – A man that is wearing a uniform; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – A man holding on to a metal fence; Close Up shot, Overhead angle

Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – A group of people standing around a prison cell; Extreme Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – An older man with white hair is talking to another man; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – An old man is holding something in his hand; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – A person wearing glasses and a striped shirt; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – A crowd of people standing on a dock next to a boat; Extreme Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – A group of people standing in front of a building; Extreme Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – A person with a bloody nose; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – A man wearing glasses and wearing a hat; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – A person sitting on a couch; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – A man wearing glasses and a sweater looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – An old man in a striped pajamas is fixing a light switch; Medium shot, High angle

Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – A person wearing a straw hat; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – An old man with long hair and a beard is sitting on the grass with other men; Medium shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – A person looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – Two men are fighting on a boat in the dark; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – A man's face in the dark; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – Two men are facing each other in a dark room; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – A group of men standing next to each other; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – A person wearing a straw hat; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Papillon” (1973), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner – A person wearing a hat; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle