| The Elusive Corporal | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Jean Renoir |
| Written by | Guy Lefranc Jacques Perret Jean Renoir |
| Produced by | Adry De Carbuccia Roland Girard Georges Glass |
| Starring | Jean-Pierre Cassel Claude Brasseur |
| Cinematography | Georges Leclerc |
| Edited by | Renée Lichtig |
| Music by | Joseph Kosma |
Production company | Les Films du Cyclope |
| Distributed by | Pathé Consortium Cinéma |
Release date |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Box office | $16.9 million[1] |
The Elusive Corporal (French: Le Caporal épinglé) is a 1962 French film directed by Jean Renoir that stars Jean-Pierre Cassel, Claude Brasseur, and Claude Rich.[2] It was entered into the 12th Berlin International Film Festival.[3]
Renoir shot his film in Austria in 1961 from Jacques Perret's book based on his own prisoner of war experiences.[4] Renoir's friend and assistant director Guy Lefranc had also been a World War II prisoner of war[5] and had developed the project for seven years.[6] The story serves as a companion piece to the director'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.
- ^ "Le Caporal Epingle (1962) - JPBox-Office".
- ^ Crowther, Bosley (2011). "New York Times: The Elusive Corporal". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2008.
- ^ "IMDB.com: Awards for The Elusive Corporal". imdb.com. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
- ^ "- Jacques Perret".
- ^ Bergan, Ronald Jean Renoir: Projections of Paradise Overlook Press, 1995
- ^ p.58 Durgnat, Raymond Jean Renoir University of California Press, 1974