The Elusive Corporal (1962)
1962 · 1h 45m · Comedy, Drama, War
Genres: Comedy, Drama, War
An upper-class corporal is captured by the Germans during their 1940 invasion of France. Assisted and accompanied by characters as diverse as a morose dairy farmer, a waiter, a myopic intellectual, a working-class Parisian, and a German dental assistant, the corporal tries to escape from prison…
Director: Jean Renoir
Writers: Guy Lefranc, Jacques Perret, Jean Renoir
Music by: Joseph Kosma
Cinematography: Georges Leclerc
Editor: Renée Lichtig
Cast
Jean-Pierre Cassel as CaporalClaude Brasseur as PapaClaude Rich as BallochetJacques Jouanneau as Émile, aka 'Penche-à-gauche', waiterMario David as 'Caruso', amateur athlete, insurance agentJean Carmet as Guillaume aka 'Le Fermier'Philippe Castelli as 'L'électricien'Guy Bedos as The stuttering prisonerO.E. Hasse as Drunk traveler on the trainCornelia Froboess as Erika SchmidtSacha Briquet as Escapee disguised as an old womanRaymond Jourdan as Hippolyte DupieuMore like this
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