The Elusive Corporal

The Elusive Corporal (1962)


  • Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
  • Release Date: 1962-05-23
  • User Rating: 6.3/10 from 26 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 45min
  • Language: Deutsch
  • Production Company: Les Films du Cyclope
  • Production Country: France
  • Director: Jean Renoir
star 6.3/10
From 26 Ratings

Summary

The story serves as a companion piece to Renoir's 1937 film, Grand Illusion, once more bringing together men from across the broad social spectrum of French society to depict one man's Sisyphean efforts to escape captivity in a German POW camp.

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  • Jean-Pierre Cassel

    as Caporal

  • Claude Brasseur

    as Papa

  • Claude Rich

    as Ballochet

  • Jacques Jouanneau

    as Émile, aka 'Penche-à-gauche', waiter

  • Mario David

    as 'Caruso', amateur athlete, insurance agent

  • Jean Carmet

    as Guillaume aka 'Le Fermier'

  • Philippe Castelli

    as 'L'électricien'

  • Guy Bedos

    as The stuttering prisoner

  • O.E. Hasse

    as Drunk traveler on the train

  • Cornelia Froboess

    as Erika Schmidt

  • Sacha Briquet

    as Escapee disguised as an old woman

  • Raymond Jourdan

    as Hippolyte Dupieu

  • Gérard Darrieu

    as Cross-eyed man

  • Lucien Raimbourg

    as Station employee

  • François Darbon

    as Peasant

  • Helmut Janatsch

    as Otto, Commander of the Stalag
Directing Jean Renoir Director
Writing Jacques Perret Novel
Writing Jean Renoir Writer
Writing Guy Lefranc Writer
Camera Georges Leclerc Director of Photography
Editing Renée Lichtig Editor
Sound Joseph Kosma Original Music Composer
Camera Larry Shaw Still Photographer

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