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- How long is The Elusive Corporal?
- The Elusive Corporal is 1 hr 48 min long.
- Who directed The Elusive Corporal?
- Jean Renoir
- Who is Le caporal/The Corporal in The Elusive Corporal?
- Jean-Pierre Cassel plays Le caporal/The Corporal in the film.
- What is The Elusive Corporal about?
- During World War II, a captured French corporal (Jean-Pierre Cassel) finds himself transferred to a prison in Germany, which he attempts to escape several times. After one such failure, he is reunited with his friend Ballochet (Claude Rich), who in claiming to be a translator, not a soldier, has been treated much better by the Germans. Though tempted to give up on escaping, the corporal finds his resolve renewed by a German dentist's daughter, who has come to love him for his resilience.