The Elusive Corporal
The Elusive Corporal

The Elusive Corporal

1962-05-23 - 105 minutes

6.40 / 10

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.

Screenplay

Director - Jean Renoir

Genres

Comedy

Drama

War

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Cast

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

Sacha Briquet

Sacha Briquet

Escapee disguised as an old woman

Raymond Jourdan

Raymond Jourdan

Hippolyte Dupieu

Gérard Darrieu

Gérard Darrieu

Cross-eyed man

Lucien Raimbourg

Lucien Raimbourg

Station employee

Helmut Janatsch

Helmut Janatsch

Otto, Commander of the Stalag