ComedyDramaWar

The story serves as a companion piece to Renoir's 1937 film, Grand Illusion, once more bringing together men from across the broad social spectrum of French society to depict one man's Sisyphean efforts to escape captivity in a German POW camp.

Credits

Jean-Pierre CasselCaporal

Claude BrasseurPapa

Claude RichBallochet

Jacques JouanneauÉmile, aka 'Penche-à-gauche', waiter

Mario David'Caruso', amateur athlete, insurance agent