The Elusive Corporal
The Elusive Corporal

The Elusive Corporal

May 23, 1962105 min6.3FR
ComedyDramaWar

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.

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Cast

Jean-Pierre Cassel
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Claude Brasseur
Claude BrasseurPapa
Claude Rich
Claude RichBallochet
Jacques Jouanneau
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Mario David
Mario David'Caruso', amateur athlete, insurance agent
Jean Carmet
Jean CarmetGuillaume aka 'Le Fermier'
Philippe Castelli
Philippe Castelli'L'électricien'
Guy Bedos
Guy BedosThe stuttering prisoner
O.E. Hasse
O.E. HasseDrunk traveler on the train
Cornelia Froboess
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