An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge (film)
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (French: La Rivière du Hibou = "The Owl River") is a 1962 French short film based on the American short story of the same name by Ambrose Bierce first published in the 1891 collection Tales of Soldiers and Civilians. 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. It was also screened on American television as an episode of The Twilight Zone.
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