Papillon (2017)

Summary: Wrongfully convicted for murder, Henri Charriere forms an unlikely relationship with fellow inmate and quirky convicted counterfeiter, Louis Dega, in an attempt to escape from the notorious penal colony on Devil's Island.

Release Date: August 24, 2018

Genres: Adventure, Biography, Crime

Director: Michael Noer

Writers: Aaron Guzikowski

, Henri Charrière

, Dalton Trumbo

Runtime: 2 h 13 min

MPAA: R

Production: Czech Anglo Productions, FishCorb Films, Red Granite Pictures

Distributor: Pioneer Films, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Countries: United States, Czechia, Spain, Czech Republic

Language: English

Domestic: $ 2,335,896

International: $ 7,725,007

Papillon (1973)

Summary: A French convict in the 1930s befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence in the South American penal colony on Devil's Island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.

Release Date: December 19, 1973

Genres: Biography, Crime, Drama

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner