This is the story of "Roland" who spent long years in jail. He often tried to escape and succeeded six times in doing so. He played his own part in Jacques Becker’s film "Le Trou". His story is told here by two voices, his and his daughter’s.
Jean Keraudy was the stage name of Roland Barbat, a French prisoner, later came to fame playing himself in the French film The Hole (Le Trou). He was one of five inmates involved in a 1947 escape attempt from France's La Santé Prison.
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