The Elusive Corporal
19621h 45m6.5
Comedy, Drama, War
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Genre
- Comedy
- Origin
- France
About
An upper-class corporal is captured by the Germans during their 1940 invasion of France. Assisted and accompanied by characters as diverse as a morose dairy farmer, a waiter, a myopic intellectual, a working-class Parisian, and a German dental assistant, the corporal tries to escape from prison camps, sometimes making it a few yards, sometimes reaching the border.
Where to watch
Not available to stream in United States yet. It is in Canada, France, Spain, Italy.
Details
- Director
- Jean Renoir
- Writing
- Guy Lefranc, Jean Renoir
- Status
- Released
- Released
- May 23, 1962
- Studio
- Les Films du Cyclope, Société Nouvelle Pathé Cinéma
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
Sacha Briquet
Escapee disguised as an old woman
Raymond Jourdan
Hippolyte Dupieu
Gérard Darrieu
Cross-eyed man
Lucien Raimbourg
Station employee
François Darbon
Peasant
Helmut Janatsch
Otto, Commander of the Stalag
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