The Elusive Corporal (1962)
Le caporal épinglé (original title)Reference View | Change View
- TV-PG
- 1h 30min
- Comedy, Drama
- 23 May 1962 (France)
- Movie
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...
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- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 3 nominations.
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Jean-Pierre Cassel | ... |
Le caporal / The Corporal
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Claude Brasseur | ... |
'Papa' / 'Pop'
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O.E. Hasse | ... |
Le voyageur ivre dans le train
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Claude Rich | ... |
Ballochet
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Jacques Jouanneau | ... |
Penche-à-gauche
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Sacha Briquet | ... |
L'évadé grimé en vielle femme
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Raymond Jourdan | ... |
Hippolyte Dupieu
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Guy Bedos | ... |
Le prisonnier qui bégaye
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Philippe Castelli | ... |
Le prisonnier électricien
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Gérard Darrieu | ... |
L'homme qui louche / The cross-eyed man
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Lucien Raimbourg | ... |
L'employé de la gare
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François Darbon | ... |
Un paysan / The last man
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Cornelia Froboess | ... |
Erika Schmidt
(as Conny Froboess)
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Elisabeth Marcus | ... |
Dr Ursula Schmidt
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Elisabeth Stiepl | ... |
Station Buffet Waitress
(as Elisabeth Stiepel)
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Helmut Janatsch | ... |
Otto - Stalag commander
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Mario David | ... |
Caruso
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Jean Carmet | ... |
Guillaume
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Herbert Fux | ... |
Surveyor directing two men working with measuring tape (uncredited)
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Adolf Hitler | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Billy Kearns | ... |
Un garde / Guard (uncredited)
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Sepp Löwinger | ... |
Man blowing whistle and announcing lunch (uncredited)
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Raoul Retzer | ... |
Disciplinary camp officer commanding humiliating exercises (uncredited)
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Directed by
Jean Renoir |
Written by
Jacques Perret | ... | (novel) |
Jean Renoir | ... | (adaptation) & |
Guy Lefranc | ... | (adaptation) |
Jean Renoir | ... | (dialogue) |
Charles Spaak | ... | () (uncredited) |
Produced by
Adry De Carbuccia | ... | producer (as Adry de Carbuccia) |
Roland Girard | ... | producer |
Georges Glass | ... | delegate producer: Austria |
Music by
Joseph Kosma |
Cinematography by
Georges Leclerc |
Editing by
Renée Lichtig |
Editorial Department
Madeleine Lecompère | ... | assistant editor (as Madeleine Lecompere) |
Production Design by
Wolf Witzemann |
Makeup Department
Ladislaus Valicek | ... | makeup artist (as Ladisl Valicek) |
Production Management
René Gaston Vuattoux | ... | production manager (as René G. Vuattoux) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jean Egon Kieffer | ... | assistant director (as J.E. Kieffer) |
Guy Lefranc | ... | assistant director |
Marc Maurette | ... | assistant director |
Paulo Rocha | ... | trainee assistant director (uncredited) |
Art Department
Eugène Herrly | ... | set designer (uncredited) |
Sound Department
Jacques Bissières | ... | sound assistant (as Jacques Bissière) |
Gaston Demède | ... | sound assistant |
Jacques Gérardot | ... | sound assistant |
Antoine Petitjean | ... | sound engineer |
Special Effects by
Eugène Herrly | ... | special effects (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
Stefan Börczök | ... | still photographer (as Stefan Borcsök) |
Gilbert Chain | ... | camera operator |
Robert Fraisse | ... | assistant camera |
Antoine Georgakis | ... | assistant camera |
Jean-Louis Picavet | ... | chief camera operator |
André Moindrot | ... | lighting technician (uncredited) |
Music Department
Serge Baudo | ... | conductor |
Script and Continuity Department
Charlotte Lefèvre | ... | script girl (as Charlotte Lefèvre Vuattoux) |
Additional Crew
Josef W. Beyer | ... | general manager (as J.W. Beyer) |
Yvonne Toumayeff | ... | administrator |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Omnia Deutsche Film Export (1962) (World-wide) (theatrical)
- Pathé Consortium Cinéma (1962) (France) (theatrical)
- Union Film Distributors Inc. (1963) (United States) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- StudioCanal (2006) (France) (DVD)
- Lionsgate Home Entertainment (2007) (United States) (DVD) (subtitled)
- Maple Pictures (2007) (Canada) (DVD) (subtitled)
- Image Entertainment (United States) (laserdisc)
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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.
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Did You Know?
Trivia | Elisabeth Marcus's debut... See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in Episode #1.31 (1961). See more » |