Originally a French filmed short. Appeared at Cannes and shown on The Twilight Zone (1959) (An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (1964)), the first time the show aired a production filmed by someone else.
"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce was originally published by The San Francisco Examiner in 1890.
The film takes place on April 4, 1862.
Aside from the shouts of the soldiers and the song that plays as the prisoner floats to safety, there is no dialogue.
Won an Oscar in 1963 for Best Live Action Short Film, and the Best Short Subject award at the Cannes Film Festival in 1962.