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.
The Elusive Corporal has generally received positive reviews.
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The Elusive Corporal was released in 1962 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 11 reviews, giving The Elusive Corporal (1962) an average rating of 74%.
Overall, cinema-goers marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 80%, compared to film critics, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 75%.
With a score of 74%, The Elusive Corporal is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1962, which stands at 63%.
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