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FRANCE · 1962
Le Caporal épinglé
Synopsis
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.
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France · European Art Cinema
Rémi Fournier Lanzoni, French Cinema: from its Beginnings to the Present , New York & London, Continuum
Rémi Fournier Lanzoni, French Cinema: from its Beginnings to the Present , New York & London, Continuum
John Gibbs, Mise-en-scène: Film Style and Interpretation , London and New York, Wallflower Press
John Gibbs, Mise-en-scène: Film Style and Interpretation , London and New York, Wallflower Press
James Leahy, “All in the Script? So Why Make the Movie?”, Vertigo , Vol.2, No.2
James Leahy, “All in the Script? So Why Make the Movie?”, Vertigo , Vol.2, No.2
Films with Similar Themes
escape attempts · prisoner of war · French occupation · class conflict · human resilience
