

The Elusive Corporal
Comedy
Drama
War
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.
Status:
Released
Release Date:
1962-05-23
Runtime:
1h 45m
Director:
Jean Renoir
Writer:
Jean Renoir, Guy Lefranc
Top 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

Jean Carmet
Guillaume aka 'Le Fermier'

Philippe Castelli
'L'électricien'

Guy Bedos
The stuttering prisoner

O.E. Hasse
Drunk traveler on the train

Cornelia Froboess
Erika Schmidt

Sacha Briquet
Escapee disguised as an old woman

Raymond Jourdan
Hippolyte Dupieu
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