Fresh
Tthe trace of philosophical implication makes it worth more than lightly passing through.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
The Elusive Corporal
1962 · 1h 45m · N/A
Comedy, Drama, War
Directed by
Jean Renoir
,
Guy Lefranc
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.
Director and cast
- Jean Renoir Director
- Guy Lefranc Director
- Jean-Pierre Cassel as Caporal
- Claude Brasseur as Papa
- Claude Rich as Ballochet
- Jean Carmet as Émile
- Jacques Jouanneau as Émile, aka 'Penche-à-gauche', waiter
- Mario David as 'Caruso', amateur athlete, insurance agent
- Guy Bedos as Le bèque
- Philippe Castelli Cast
- O.E. Hasse Cast
- Cornelia Froboess Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
100%
Tomatometer
Fresh
An ironic comedy of fake French heroics and real French heroism, the film is delicate and witty and features a delightful performance from Jean-Pierre Cassel.
Don Druker, Chicago Reader
Fresh
This late addition to Renoir's impressively wide-ranging oeuvre is nevertheless suffused with the same warm and generous humanism as the great Regle du Jeu or Grande Illusion.
Time Out
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