The Ogre
1996/09/12 • Released • English, French, German, Hebrew, Latin, Russian
Overview
Frenchman Abel Tiffauges is a naive man who lives a simple life working as a mechanic. Falsely accused of being a child abuser, he is recruited as a soldier when World War II begins, but is captured soon and taken to the heart of Nazi Germany.
Director : Volker Schlöndorff
Casts
John Malkovich
Abel
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Count von Kaltenborn
Gottfried John
Chief Forester
Marianne Sägebrecht
Frau Netta
Volker Spengler
Fieldmarshall Hermann Göring
Heino Ferch
SS Officer Raufeisen
Dieter Laser
Professor Blättchen
Agnès Soral
Rachel
Vernon Dobtcheff
Lawyer
Simon McBurney
Brigadier
Luc Florian
Prisoner of War #1
Laurent Spielvogel
Prisoner of War #2
Marc Duret
Prisoner of War #3
Jacques Ciron
State Attorney
Patrick Floersheim
Police Captain
Thierry Monfray
Teacher
Jacques Brunet
Principal at School
Sylvie Huguel
Martine's Mother
Erick Deshors
Hervé
Jérôme Keen
Abel's Client
Christine Paolini
Nestor's Mother
Joachim Paul Assböck
Messenger Officer
Bartosz Obuchowicz
Country Boy
Małgorzata Rożniatowska
Country Boy's Mother
Piotr Grabowski
German Officer
Andrzej Szenajch
Old Napola Teacher
Norbert Rakowski
SS Man
Ilja Zmiejew
Russian Officer
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
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