"Bonjour.Mon ami Jacques Becker a retracé dans tous les détails de l'histoire voilée.La mienne.Ça s'est passé à 1947 à la Prison de la Santé."(Hello everyone, this is directed by my friend Jacques Beck A film based on an untold experience of mine. It happened in Santé prison in 1947.)
Here, Jean Keilerty (Roland) appears as the film's introductory. At this time he was not the Roland in the later movies, he was a person in real life, called Gene Keilerty. There is also evidence in Wikipedia: Jean Keraudy, de son vrai nom Roland Barbat, était réellement impliqué dans la tentative d'évasion de 1947, et c'est lui qui introduit le film. Note the word introduit (introduce).
And Carolty himself did have the experience of trying to escape from prison. He made such a brief introduction at the beginning just to enhance the authenticity of the story.
So those who say that Roland is a whistleblower in the movie, please stop talking nonsense.
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