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The Elusive Corporal

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The Elusive Corporal — Plot

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 camps, sometimes making it a few yards, sometimes reaching the border.

  • Release date
  • May 23, 1962
  • Runtime
  • 105 min
  • Genres
  • Comedy, Drama, War
  • Director
  • Jean Renoir

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The Elusive Corporal — Cast

Jean-Pierre Cassel photo Jean-Pierre Cassel Caporal Claude Brasseur photo Claude Brasseur Papa Claude Rich photo Claude Rich Ballochet Jacques Jouanneau photo Jacques Jouanneau Émile, aka 'Penche-à-gauche', waiter Mario David photo Mario David 'Caruso', amateur athlete, insurance agent Jean Carmet photo Jean Carmet Guillaume aka 'Le Fermier' Philippe Castelli photo Philippe Castelli 'L'électricien' Guy Bedos photo Guy Bedos The stuttering prisoner

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