An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
A Southern civilian escapes his execution at the hands of Union soldiers when the hanging rope breaks.
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Summary
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (French: La Rivière du hibou, lit. ’The Owl River’) is a 1961 French short film, almost without dialogue. It was based on the 1890 American short story of the same name by American Civil War soldier, wit, and writer Ambrose Bierce.
It was directed by Robert Enrico and produced by Marcel Ichac and Paul de Roubaix with music by Henri Lanoë. It won awards at the Cannes Film Festival and the Academy Awards. The film was later screened on American television as episode 22 of the fifth season of The Twilight Zone on 28 February 1964.
Plot
A handbill posted on a burnt tree, dated 1862, announces that anyone interfering with bridges, railroads or tunnels will be summarily executed.
Union troops prepare a civilian prisoner, Peyton Farquhar, for death by hanging from a rural railroad bridge. The soundtrack contains only bird noises and brief military orders. As the rope is adjusted about Farquhar’s neck, a vision of his home, wife and children flashes before him.
When Farquhar is dropped from the bridge, the rope breaks and he falls into the river. He frees himself from his bonds, removes his boots, and begins swimming downstream as the troops fire at him. Farquhar is swept through rapids and crawls ashore exhausted but laughing with relief. Glimpses of tree branches, sky and crawling insects are interrupted by a distant cannon shot which sends him running through a forest, then along a linear and orderly lane. Finally arriving at the gates of his home, he pushes his way through foliage. Farquhar reaches open lawn and runs toward his wife as she walks toward him, smiling and weeping.
Just as the couple are about to fall into each other’s arms, Farquhar stiffens and gasps, and his head snaps back. The scene cuts back to his body hanging from the bridge, his entire escape and reunion with his wife revealed to be an illusion experienced in the moment of the drop.
Also Known As
- (original title): La rivière du hibou
- Alternative title: Incident at Owl Creek
- Finland: Huuhkajanjoki
- France: La rivière du hibou
- Germany: Zwischenfall auf der Eulenfluss-Brücke
- Hungary: Bagoly folyó
- Italy: Un avvenimento sul ponte di Owl Creek
- Japan: ふくろうの河(Japanese)
- Russia: Совиный ручей
- Soviet Union: Совиный ручей(Russian)
- Sweden: Sista minuten
- United States: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge(TV Title)
- United States: Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
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