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6.4 / 10 IMDb May 23, 1962 1h 45m
An upper-class corporal is captured by the Germans during their 1940 invasion of France. 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 border.
Director
Runtime
1h 45m
Release Date
May 23, 1962
Genre
Comedy, Drama, War
Status
Released
Languages
German, French
Country
France
Cast
Jean-Pierre Cassel
as Caporal
Claude Brasseur
as Papa
Claude Rich
as Ballochet
Jacques Jouanneau
as Émile, aka 'Penche-à-gauche', waiter
Mario David
as 'Caruso', amateur athlete, insurance agent
Jean Carmet
as Guillaume aka 'Le Fermier'
Philippe Castelli
as 'L'électricien'
Guy Bedos
as The stuttering prisoner
O.E. Hasse
as Drunk traveler on the train
Cornelia Froboess
as Erika Schmidt
Sacha Briquet
as Escapee disguised as an old woman
Raymond Jourdan
as Hippolyte Dupieu
Gérard Darrieu
as Cross-eyed man
Lucien Raimbourg
as Station employee
François Darbon
as Peasant
No photo
Helmut Janatsch
as Otto, Commander of the Stalag
Production Companies
Les Films du Cyclope
Société Nouvelle Pathé Cinéma
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