The Elusive Corporal

– The story serves as a companion piece to Renoir's 1937 film, Grand Illusion, once more bringing toge..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.00 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 30 Minutes
Release Year:
1962
Original Name:
Le caporal épinglé
The Elusive Corporal (1962) - Also known as Le caporal épinglé

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.

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Release Date:

23 May 1962

Language:

French, German

MPAA Content-Rating:
TV-PG – Parental Guidance is recommended

This program contains material that parents may find unsuitable for younger children. Programs rated TV-PG may contain some material that parents or guardians may find inappropriate for younger children. Programs assigned a TV-PG rating may include some inappropriate language, very little sexual content, suggestive dialogue, and/or moderate violence.

Director:

Jean Renoir

Writer:

Jacques Perret (novel), Jean Renoir (adaptation), Guy Lefranc (adaptation), Jean Renoir (dialogue)

Main Actors:

Jean-Pierre Cassel, Claude Brasseur, O.E. Hasse, Claude Rich

Plot:

An upper-class corporal from Paris is captured by the Germans when they invade France in 1940. 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 French border.

Awards:

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 nomination.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
89%