The Elusive Corporal (1962)
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.
Director: Jean Renoir
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Jean-Pierre Cassel as Caporal |
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Claude Brasseur as Papa |
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Claude Rich as Ballochet |
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Jacques Jouanneau as Émile, aka 'Penche-à-gauche', waiter |
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Mario David as 'Caruso', amateur athlete, insurance agent |
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Jean Carmet as Guillaume aka 'Le Fermier' |
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Philippe Castelli as 'L'électricien' |
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Guy Bedos as The stuttering prisoner |
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O.E. Hasse as Drunk traveler on the train |
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Cornelia Froboess as Erika Schmidt |
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Sacha Briquet as Escapee disguised as an old woman |
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Raymond Jourdan as Hippolyte Dupieu |
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Gérard Darrieu as Cross-eyed man |
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Lucien Raimbourg as Station employee |
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François Darbon as Peasant |
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Helmut Janatsch as Otto, Commander of the Stalag |
| Directing | Jean Renoir | Director |
| Camera | Georges Leclerc | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Renée Lichtig | Editor |
| Writing | Jean Renoir | Writer |
| Writing | Guy Lefranc | Writer |
| Writing | Jacques Perret | Novel |
| Sound | Joseph Kosma | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Larry Shaw | Still Photographer |
