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.
as Caporal
as Papa
as Ballochet
as Émile, aka 'Penche-à-gauche', waiter
as 'Caruso', amateur athlete, insurance agent
as Guillaume aka 'Le Fermier'
as 'L'électricien'
as The stuttering prisoner
as Drunk traveler on the train
as Erika Schmidt
as Escapee disguised as an old woman
as Hippolyte Dupieu
as Cross-eyed man
as Station employee
as Peasant
as Otto, Commander of the Stalag
