Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

La rivière du hibou – French title

Zwischenfall auf der Eulenfluss-Brücke – German title

Bagoly folyó – Hungarian title

Un avvenimento sul ponte di Owl Creek – Italian title

Совиный ручей – Russian title

Sista minute – Swedish title

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge – U.S.A. title

Incident at Owl Creek – U.S.A. title

Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge – U.S.A. title

A 1961 French short film production [Filmartic, Les Films du Centaure (Paris)]

Producers: Paul de Roubaix, Marcel Ichac

Director: Robert Enrico

Story: Ambrose Bierce

Screenplay: Robert Enrico

Cinematography: Jean Boffety [black & white]

Music: Henri Lanoë

Running time: 28 minutes

Cast:

Peyton Farquhar – Roger Jacquet

Mrs. Farquhar – Anne Cornaly

Union officer - Stéphane Fey

With: Anker Larsen, Jean-François Zeller, Pierre Danny, Louis Adelin

A Civil War civilian is to be executed by hanging, but when the plank is kicked away, instead of breaking his neck, he manages to miraculously escape unscathed or did he?

Reedited for broadcast as one of the final episodes of the television series, The Twilight Zone (1959). The episode is: The Twilight Zone: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (1964). Customary narration by Rod Serling was added for the broadcast.

In the French version, all titles are at the end, as the camera moves along the river, finally showing the hanging man in the distance.