5 Films & TV Shows Set In French Guiana During The 20th Century

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  Papillon

  🇬🇫 French Guiana The 1930s The 1940s

  The greatest escape adventure ever told — Henri “Papillon” Charrière, a safecracker from the Parisian underworld, is wrongfully convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in the penal colony of French Guiana, where he forges a strong friendship with Louis Dega, a counterfeiter who needs his protection.

  Released in 2017 • 134 minutes
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  Papillon

  🇬🇫 French Guiana 🇭🇳 Honduras The 1930s The 1940s The 1950s

  The greatest adventure of escape! — A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.

  Released in 1973 • 151 minutes
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  I Escaped From Devil's Island

  🇬🇫 French Guiana The 1910s

  He's the devil they named the island for! — In 1916, a group of prisoners plot their escape from the notorious fortress located in French Guiana.

  Released in 1973 • 87 minutes
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  Strange Cargo

  🇬🇫 French Guiana The 1940s

  M-G-M's Mighty Thrill-Romance for 1940 ! — Convicts escaping from Devil's Island come under the influence of a strange Christ-like figure.

  Released in 1940 • 113 minutes
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  The Life of Emile Zola

  🇫🇷 France 🇬🇫 French Guiana The 1900s The 1890s The 1880s The 1860s

  He'll hold you in silence as deep as your emotions! — Biopic of the famous French writer Emile Zola and his involvement in the Dreyfus Affair.

  Released in 1937 • 116 minutes