The Elusive Corporal

6.4
19621h 45m

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.

Cast

Photo of Claude Rich

Claude Rich

Ballochet

Photo of Jacques Jouanneau

Jacques Jouanneau

Émile, aka 'Penche-à-gauche', waiter

Photo of Mario David

Mario David

'Caruso', amateur athlete, insurance agent

Photo of Jean Carmet

Jean Carmet

Guillaume aka 'Le Fermier'

Photo of Philippe Castelli

Philippe Castelli

'L'électricien'

Photo of Guy Bedos

Guy Bedos

The stuttering prisoner

Photo of O.E. Hasse

O.E. Hasse

Drunk traveler on the train

Photo of Cornelia Froboess

Cornelia Froboess

Erika Schmidt

Photo of Sacha Briquet

Sacha Briquet

Escapee disguised as an old woman

Photo of Raymond Jourdan

Raymond Jourdan

Hippolyte Dupieu

Photo of Gérard Darrieu

Gérard Darrieu

Cross-eyed man

Photo of Lucien Raimbourg

Lucien Raimbourg

Station employee

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