The Elusive Corporal (1962)
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.
- Released
- 1962-05-23
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, War
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Jean Renoir
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 from 37 votes
Cast
- 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
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