Cool Hand Luke
■ Basic Data
| Item | Content |
|---|---|
| Year | 1967 |
| Country | United States |
| Director | Stuart Rosenberg |
| Cast | Paul Newman, George Kennedy, J. D. Cannon, Lou Antonio, Strother Martin |
| Genre | Prison drama film |
■ Title Language Table
| Language | Text | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| English | Cool Hand Luke | – |
| Español | La leyenda del indomable | La leyenda del indomable |
| Français | Luke la main froide | Luke la main froide |
| Deutsch | Der Unbeugsame | Der Unbeugsame |
| Português | O Indomável | O Indomavel |
| Italiano | Nick mano fredda | Nick mano fredda |
| Русский | Хладнокровный Люк | Khladnokrovnyy Lyuk |
| 中文（简体） | 铁窗喋血 | – |
| 中文（繁體） | 鐵窗喋血 | – |
| 한국어 | 폭력 탈옥 | Pongnyeok Tarok |
| ไทย | – | – |
| Tiếng Việt | Luke gan lì | Luke gan li |
| Bahasa Indonesia | Cool Hand Luke | Cool Hand Luke |
| 日本語 | 暴力脱獄 | Bōryoku Datsugoku |
■ One-Line Definition
👉 A work that depicts a structure in which institutional discipline and unbreakable individual defiance collide within a punitive prison order
■ Synopsis
A prisoner repeatedly resists the prison system’s attempt to break his will, turning personal defiance into a challenge against authority itself.
■ RECIPE Tags
#Defiance #InstitutionalDiscipline #UnbrokenWill #PunitiveOrder #IndividualFreedom
■ Primary Axis
- Entry: Resistance against institutional control
Reason: The individual body becomes the site where authority attempts to enforce obedience.
Related Film: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest - Middle: Freedom as refusal to submit
Reason: Liberty appears less as escape than as the refusal to let the system define the self.
Related Film: Papillon - Core: The martyrdom of defiance
Reason: The rebel’s persistence exposes the institution’s need to destroy what it cannot absorb.
Related Film: Spartacus
■ Secondary Axes
- Punishment as spectacle: Discipline becomes a public demonstration of institutional power.
Related Film: Brubaker - Charismatic revolt: One man’s refusal reorganizes the morale and imagination of those around him.
Related Film: The Shawshank Redemption
■ Person
- Director: Stuart Rosenberg
- Cast: Paul Newman, George Kennedy, J. D. Cannon, Lou Antonio, Strother Martin
■ Structural Tags
#InstitutionalControl #DefiantSubject #PunitiveHierarchy
■ Attribute Tags
#UnitedStates #1967Film #PrisonDramaFilm
