The Elusive Corporal

The Elusive Corporal French Le Caporal pingl is a 1962 French comedy film directed by Jean Renoir and starring JeanPierre Cassel. It was entered into the 12th Berlin International Film Festival. Renoir shot his film in Austria in 1961 from Jacques Perrets book based on his own prisoner of war experiences. Renoirs friend and assistant director Guy Lefranc had also been a World War II prisoner of war and had developed the project for seven years.

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