The Elusive Corporal

movie

Released May 23, 1962

Genres:

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.

Runtime

1h 45m

Origin Country

France

Original Language

French

Original Title

Le Caporal épinglé

Status

Released

Production Countries

France

Spoken Languages

Deutsch (German)
Français (French)

Production Companies

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Les Films du Cyclope
France
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Société Nouvelle Pathé Cinéma
France

Cast

Jean-Pierre Cassel
as
Caporal
Claude Brasseur
as
Papa
Claude Rich
as
Ballochet
Jacques Jouanneau
as
Émile, aka 'Penche-à-gauche', waiter

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Crew

Jean Renoir
as
Director
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Georges Leclerc
as
Director of Photography
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Renée Lichtig
as
Editor
Jean Renoir
as
Writer

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The Elusive Corporal

Genres:

Overview

Runtime

Origin Country

Original Language

Original Title

Status

Production Countries

Spoken Languages

Production Companies

Cast

Jean-Pierre Cassel

Claude Brasseur

Claude Rich

Jacques Jouanneau

Crew

Jean Renoir

Georges Leclerc

Renée Lichtig

Jean Renoir

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