Henri 'papillon' charriere's account of life in the infamous and reputedly inescapable devil's island prison, brought to the screen with steve mcqueen as its eponymous hero'. '.strtoupper('r')efusing to surrender to the cruelty of the prison regime, papillon protects the bespectacled louis dega dustin hoffman from an abusive guard, makes a bid for freedom, and ends up spending a long spell in solitary confinement'. '.strtoupper('w')hen he is finally released back into the main prison, he again refuses to surrender and, along with dega, makes another escape attempt'. '.strtoupper('r')unning time 144 minutes region region 2 this dvd may not be viewable outside europe'. '.strtoupper('r')ead more about dvd formats'. '.strtoupper('s')ubtitles english german swedish finnish danish release date 4 dec'. '.strtoupper('2')000