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Papillon is a 1973 historical adventure drama [7] prison film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner. The screenplay by Dalton Trumbo and Lorenzo Semple Jr. was based on the 1969 autobiography by the French convict Henri Charrière. The film stars Steve McQueen as Charrière ("Papillon") and Dustin Hoffman as Louis Dega.
Classic prison-escape movie has intense peril, violence. Read Common Sense Media's Papillon (1973) review, age rating, and parents guide.
- Franklin L. Schaffner
- Barbara Shulgasser-Parker
- Steve Mcqueen
Mar 31, 2023 · 50 years since Charriére’s fascinating memoir was adapted for the screen, it remains as revered now as it was in 1973, perhaps even more so today. This was Steve McQueen ’s last truly great movie...
Dec 19, 1973 · With Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman, Victor Jory, Don Gordon. A French convict in the 1930s befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence in the South American penal colony on Devil's Island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.
- (139K)
- Biography, Crime, Drama
- Franklin J. Schaffner
- 1973-12-19
Once they have arrived in prison, Papillon makes a bargain: He’ll be Dega’s bodyguard if Dega will finance an escape try. This Dega agrees to do, although it is hard to understand, or even sense, the emotional bond between the two men.
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In real life, the man escaped something like eight times and each time went through hell. Steve McQueen, playing "Papillion," was excellent. He was particularly good at showing the physical effects of years of solitary confinement.