The Elusive Corporal
IMDB:
6.4
Released
5/23/1962
Duration
1h 45m
Genre
Comedy, Drama, War
Country
France
Cast
Jean-Pierre Cassel, Claude Brasseur, Claude Rich
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.
The Elusive Corporal
IMDB:
6.4Released
5/23/1962
Genre
Comedy, Drama, War
Cast
Jean-Pierre Cassel, Claude Brasseur, Claude Rich
Duration
1h 45m
Country
France
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.
Cast
Caporal
Jean-Pierre Cassel
Papa
Claude Brasseur
Ballochet
Claude Rich
Émile, aka 'Penche-à-gauche', waiter
Jacques Jouanneau
'Caruso', amateur athlete, insurance agent
Mario David
Guillaume aka 'Le Fermier'
Jean Carmet
'L'électricien'
Philippe Castelli
The stuttering prisoner
Guy Bedos
Drunk traveler on the train
O.E. Hasse
Erika Schmidt
Cornelia Froboess
Escapee disguised as an old woman
Sacha Briquet
Hippolyte Dupieu
