The Elusive Corporal

Name: The Elusive Corporal
Director: Jean Renoir
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Released: 1962-05-23
Duration: 105 min
Cast: Jean-Pierre Cassel, Claude Brasseur, Claude Rich, Jacques Jouanneau, Mario David

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1962 · 105 min · Comedy · Drama · War · TMDB 6.5/10

Overview

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.

Directed by Jean Renoir

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