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The Elusive Corporal (1962)

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.
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Jean Renoir profile
Jean Renoir

Director

Cast

Jean-Pierre Cassel profile
Jean-Pierre Cassel

Caporal

Claude Brasseur profile
Claude Brasseur

Papa

Claude Rich profile
Claude Rich

Ballochet

Jacques Jouanneau profile
Jacques Jouanneau

Émile, aka 'Penche-à-gauche', waiter

Mario David profile
Mario David

'Caruso', amateur athlete, insurance agent

Jean Carmet profile
Jean Carmet

Guillaume aka 'Le Fermier'

Philippe Castelli profile
Philippe Castelli

'L'électricien'

Guy Bedos profile
Guy Bedos

The stuttering prisoner

O.E. Hasse profile
O.E. Hasse

Drunk traveler on the train

Cornelia Froboess profile
Cornelia Froboess

Erika Schmidt

Sacha Briquet profile
Sacha Briquet

Escapee disguised as an old woman

Raymond Jourdan profile
Raymond Jourdan

Hippolyte Dupieu

Jean-Pierre Cassel profile
Jean-Pierre Cassel

Caporal

Claude Brasseur profile
Claude Brasseur

Papa

Claude Rich profile
Claude Rich

Ballochet

Jacques Jouanneau profile
Jacques Jouanneau

Émile, aka 'Penche-à-gauche', waiter

Mario David profile
Mario David

'Caruso', amateur athlete, insurance agent

Jean Carmet profile
Jean Carmet

Guillaume aka 'Le Fermier'

Philippe Castelli profile
Philippe Castelli

'L'électricien'

Guy Bedos profile
Guy Bedos

The stuttering prisoner

O.E. Hasse profile
O.E. Hasse

Drunk traveler on the train

Cornelia Froboess profile
Cornelia Froboess

Erika Schmidt

Sacha Briquet profile
Sacha Briquet

Escapee disguised as an old woman

Raymond Jourdan profile
Raymond Jourdan

Hippolyte Dupieu

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Release Date

May 23, 1962

Original Language

German, French

Budget

$0.00

Production Company

Les Films du Cyclope logoSociété Nouvelle Pathé Cinéma logo

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