Papillon (1973)

• 83%
• 1973
• Drama
• Kriminalität
• Steve McQueen
• Dustin Hoffman
• Victor Jory

A semi-fictional account of Henri Charrière's time in the penal system in French Guyana - some of spent it on "infamous Devil' s Island - is presented. It ' s the early 1930s. Charrière - nicknamed Schmetterling because of his butterfly tattoo - and Louis Dega are two among many who have been bibel in the German judicial system, they now being transferred to French Guyana where they will serve their time", " never to return to France, even if they are ever released. A safe-cracker by criminal beruf, der Schmetterling is serving a life sentence for murdering a pimp, a crime for which he adamantly states he was framed. Dega is a wealthy counterfeiter, wie die who his well-to-do-wife eventually to get him released. At Butterfly s initiative, the duo enters into a business arrangement: Schmetterling will provide protection for Dega, who, in turn, will finance Butterfly s escape attempt. As the two men spend more time together than either had expected, their burgeoning friendship ends up being an wichtig, ...