The Elusive Corporal (1962)

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

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.

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Released 1962-05-23 · 105 min · Comedy, Drama, War

Directed by Jean Renoir

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
Gérard Darrieu as Cross-eyed man
Lucien Raimbourg as Station employee
François Darbon as Peasant