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.
- Created by
- Jean Renoir
- Origin
- FR
- TMDB rating
- 6.4 / 10 · 36 votes
Cast
Jean-Pierre CasselCaporal
Claude BrasseurPapa
Claude RichBallochet
Jacques JouanneauÉmile, aka 'Penche-à-gauche', waiter
Mario David'Caruso', amateur athlete, insurance agent
Jean CarmetGuillaume aka 'Le Fermier'
Philippe Castelli'L'électricien'
Guy BedosThe stuttering prisoner
O.E. HasseDrunk traveler on the train
Cornelia FroboessErika Schmidt