The Elusive Corporal (1962)
Le Caporal épinglé
105 min
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
- Country of origin
- France
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Cast
- Jean-Pierre Cassel as Le caporal
- Claude Brasseur as 'Papa'
- Claude Rich as Ballochet
- Jacques Jouanneau as Penche-à-gauche
- Mario David as 'Caruso', amateur athlete, insurance agent
- Jean Carmet as Guillaume aka 'Le Fermier'
- Philippe Castelli as Le prisonnier électricien
- Guy Bedos as Le prisonnier qui bégaye
- O.E. Hasse as Le voyageur ivre dans le train
- Cornelia Froboess as Erika Schmidt
- Sacha Briquet as L'évadé grimé en vielle femme
- Raymond Jourdan as Hippolyte Dupieu
- Gérard Darrieu as L'homme qui louche
- Lucien Raimbourg as Station employee
- François Darbon as Peasant
- Helmut Janatsch as Otto, Commander of the Stalag
- Jean-Pierre Cassel as The Corporal
- Claude Brasseur as 'Pop'
- Gérard Darrieu as The cross-eyed man
Crew
- Jean Renoir · Director
- Jacques Perret · Writer
- Jean Renoir · Writer
- Guy Lefranc · Writer
- Adry De Carbuccia · Producer
- Roland Girard · Producer
- Joseph Kosma · Composer
- Georges Leclerc · Cinematographer
- Renée Lichtig · Editor
- Wolf Witzemann · Production designer