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The Elusive Corporal

19626.3 / 10105 min
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.

Cast

Jean-Pierre Cassel

Jean-Pierre Cassel

Caporal

Claude Brasseur

Claude Brasseur

Papa

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

François Darbon

François Darbon

Peasant

Helmut Janatsch

Helmut Janatsch

Otto, Commander of the Stalag

Crew

Jean Renoir

Jean Renoir

Director

Guy Lefranc

Guy Lefranc

Writer

Georges Leclerc

Georges Leclerc

Director of Photography

Jacques Perret

Jacques Perret

Novel

Jean Renoir

Jean Renoir

Writer

Renée Lichtig

Renée Lichtig

Editor

Joseph Kosma

Joseph Kosma

Original Music Composer

Larry Shaw

Larry Shaw

Still Photographer