The Elusive Corporal
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.
Top Billed Cast
Jean-Pierre Cassel
Caporal
Claude Brasseur
Papa
Claude Rich
Ballochet
Jacques Jouanneau
Émile, aka 'Penche-à-gauche', waiter
Mario David
'Caruso', amateur athlete, insurance agent
Featured Crew
Jean Renoir
Director
Jacques Perret
Novel
Jean Renoir
Writer
Guy Lefranc
Writer
Georges Leclerc
Director of Photography
Renée Lichtig
Editor
Joseph Kosma
Original Music Composer
Larry Shaw
Still Photographer
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