The Elusive Corporal
32 reviews
Comedy/Drama
1h 45m
1962
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...
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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.
- DirectorJean Renoir
- Release23 May 1962
- Genre
- Duration1h 45m
- Budget?
- Revenue?
- Rate32 reviews
- Productions
Les Films du Cyclope, Société Nouvelle Pathé Cinéma
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

Gérard Darrieu
Cross-eyed man

Lucien Raimbourg
Station employee

François Darbon
Peasant
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