An upper-class corporal from Paris is captured by the Germans when they invade France in 1940. 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 French border. Awards 1962: BAFTA Awards: Nominated to Best Film 1962: Berlin Film Festival: Official Selection Stars Jean-Pierre Cassel, Claude Brasseur, O.E. Hasse Director Jean Renoir Screenwriter Jean Renoir, Charles Spaak, Guy Lefranc. Novel: Jacques Perret (filmaffinity)