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The Elusive Corporal (1962) staat nu in Nederland op Netflix.
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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The Elusive Corporal" (1962) is a deceptively light-footed war comedy that uses its tonal gymnastics and episodic structure to interrogate themes of freedom and captivity with surprising philosophical weight.
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