The Elusive Corporal
The Elusive Corporal

The Elusive Corporal

6.4
May 23, 1962
1h 45m
ComedyDramaWar

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.

Directed by: Jean Renoir

Top Cast

Jean-Pierre Cassel

Jean-Pierre Cassel

Caporal

Claude Brasseur

Claude Brasseur

Papa

Claude Rich

Claude Rich

Ballochet

Jacques Jouanneau

Jacques Jouanneau

Émile, aka 'Penche-à-gauche', waiter

Mario David

Mario David

'Caruso', amateur athlete, insurance agent

Jean Carmet

Jean Carmet

Guillaume aka 'Le Fermier'

Philippe Castelli

Philippe Castelli

'L'électricien'

Guy Bedos

Guy Bedos

The stuttering prisoner

O.E. Hasse

O.E. Hasse

Drunk traveler on the train

Cornelia Froboess

Cornelia Froboess

Erika Schmidt

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