What is the duration of The Elusive Corporal?

The duration of The Elusive Corporal is 105 mins.

What is the original language of The Elusive Corporal?

The original language of The Elusive Corporal is French.

Who directed The Elusive Corporal?

The Elusive Corporal was directed by Jean Renoir.

Which studio made The Elusive Corporal?

The Elusive Corporal was produced by Les Films du Cyclope.

The Elusive Corporal 1962

Q: Does The Elusive Corporal have end credit scenes?

The Elusive Corporal does not have end credit scenes.

War

Drama

Comedy

Runtime

105 mins

Language

French

Functioning as a thematic companion to Renoir’s 1937 classic Grand Illusion, the film gathers a cross‑section of French men from varied social backgrounds and follows a solitary corporal whose relentless, almost Sisyphean struggle to escape a German POW camp underscores the futility of resistance and the bonds forged under captivity.

Les Films du Cyclope

Studio

Jean Renoir

Director

Does The Elusive Corporal have end credit scenes?

No!

The Elusive Corporal does not have end credit scenes. You can leave when the credits roll.

Meet the Full Cast and Actors of The Elusive Corporal

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Claude Brasseur

Papa

Claude Rich

Ballochet

O.E. Hasse

Drunk traveler on the train

Cornelia Froboess

Erika Schmidt

Guy Bedos

The stuttering prisoner

Sacha Briquet

Escapee disguised as an old woman

Jean-Pierre Cassel

Caporal

Jean Carmet

Guillaume aka 'Le Fermier'

Philippe Castelli

'L'électricien'

Gérard Darrieu

Cross-eyed man

Helmut Janatsch

Otto, Commander of the Stalag

Mario David

'Caruso', amateur athlete, insurance agent

Jacques Jouanneau

Émile, aka 'Penche-à-gauche', waiter

Raymond Jourdan

Hippolyte Dupieu

François Darbon

Peasant

Lucien Raimbourg

Station employee

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The Elusive Corporal Other Names and Titles

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El cabo atrapado The Vanishing Corporal 被捉住的军士被俘的下士 Le strane licenze del caporale Dupont Der Korporal in der Schlinge Злополучният ефрейтор 탈주한 하사 Пришпиленный капрал Desátník smolař O Cabo Ardiloso 逃兵 El caporal atrapat Pe urmele caporalului

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