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The Elusive Corporal (1962)

The Elusive Corporal (1962)

Drama Comedy War
Release Date: 1962, May 23
Directors: Jean Renoir
Countries: France
Production: Les Films du Cyclope, Société Nouvelle Pathé Cinéma
Cast: Claude Rich, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Jean Carmet, Sacha Briquet, Claude Brasseur, Gérard Darrieu, Cornelia Froboess, Guy Bedos, Mario David, Philippe Castelli, Jacques Jouanneau, Lucien Raimbourg

Overview:

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.