Movies

The Elusive Corporal (1962)

18/10/1962 (GB)

Comedy, Drama, War

1h 45m

63% (28 votes)
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Overview

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.

Jean RenoirDirector, Writer
Guy LefrancWriter

Original Title
Le Caporal épinglé
Status
Released
Original Language
French

Top Billed Cast

Jean-Pierre Cassel

Caporal

Claude Brasseur

Papa

Claude Rich

Ballochet

Jacques Jouanneau

Émile, aka 'Penche-à-gauche', waiter

Mario David

'Caruso', amateur athlete, insurance agent

Jean Carmet

Guillaume aka 'Le Fermier'

Philippe Castelli

'L'électricien'

Guy Bedos

The stuttering prisoner

O.E. Hasse

Drunk traveler on the train

Cornelia Froboess

Erika Schmidt

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