
InaNaziconcentrationcamp,Karl,aGermanpoliticalprisoner,issentencedtodeathforhavingsteno-graphedforbiddenradioprograms.Anotherconvict,David,isamodestclockmakerfromPariswhohadsurvivedbecausehecouldrepairthewatchesoftheSS.ThetwoNazicampcommandersmakeapervertedbet:theylockbothoftheprisonersinabarbedwireenclosureandpromisefreedomtotheonewhokillstheotherbytheendofthenight.<br/> InthewordsofJeanCocteau,“Enclosurebearswitnesswithanirresistiblepower...Itgrabsusbythescruffoftheneck.Itthrowsusfacetofacewiththisjellyfishheadwhileourcourageneedstostaystrongandconvince."«L’Enclostémoigne,aumêmetitreque"NuitetBrouillard",lefilmd’AlainResnais.Iltémoigneavecunepuissanceirrésistible.[…]Ilnousempoigneparlapeauducou.IlnousjettefaceàfaceaveccettetêtedeMéduseparlaquellenotrecouragedoitselaisserpétrifieretconvaincre.»JeanCocteau,LesLettresFrançaises,1961



