1962
6.3 (28 votes)
1h 45m
Genres
Comedy
Drama
War
Production Companies
Les Films du Cyclope
Société Nouvelle Pathé Cinéma
Société Nouvelle Pathé Cinéma
The Elusive Corporal (Le Caporal épinglé)
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.
Key Crew
Director: Jean Renoir
Director of Photography: Georges Leclerc
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
