Le caporal/The Corporal
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After his capture by the Germans in 1940, a corporal from Paris attempts daring escapes with his fellow prisoners of war. Watch trailers & learn more.
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- Jean Renoir
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Among over a million French prisoners of war taken to work in camps in Germany in 1940 is the Corporal, a young man of good background who, finding the oppressiveness of Nazi Germany and the misery of prison life unbearable, makes repeated efforts to escape.
In 1940, the Corporal and his friends Pater and Ballochet, prisoners of war, make an abortive escape attempt and are shipped to a detention center in Germany. Separated from Ballochet, the Corporal and Pater flee but are quickly recaptured.
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The Elusive Corporal (French: Le Caporal épinglé) is a 1962 French comedy film directed by Jean Renoir and starring Jean-Pierre Cassel. It was entered into the 12th Berlin International Film Festival. Renoir shot his film in Austria in 1961 from Jacques Perret's book based on his own prisoner of war experiences.
During World War II, a captured French corporal (Jean-Pierre Cassel) finds himself transferred to a prison in Germany, which he attempts to escape sev…
