The Elusive Corporal

1h 45min

Comedy

Drama

War

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.

Production Companies

Les Films du Cyclope

Société Nouvelle Pathé Cinéma

Cast

Claude Rich

Claude Rich

Ballochet
Jacques Jouanneau

Jacques Jouanneau

Émile, aka 'Penche-à-gauche', waiter
Mario David

Mario David

'Caruso', amateur athlete, insurance agent
Jean Carmet

Jean Carmet

Guillaume aka 'Le Fermier'
Philippe Castelli

Philippe Castelli

'L'électricien'
Guy Bedos

Guy Bedos

The stuttering prisoner
O.E. Hasse

O.E. Hasse

Drunk traveler on the train
Cornelia Froboess

Cornelia Froboess

Erika Schmidt
Sacha Briquet

Sacha Briquet

Escapee disguised as an old woman
Raymond Jourdan

Raymond Jourdan

Hippolyte Dupieu
Gérard Darrieu

Gérard Darrieu

Cross-eyed man
Lucien Raimbourg

Lucien Raimbourg

Station employee
Helmut Janatsch

Helmut Janatsch

Otto, Commander of the Stalag

Release date

23rd May 1962

Status

Released

Spoken languages

Deutsch, Français