The Ogre

The Ogre
1996DramaWar113 mins
★★★★★

Plot

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 ta... read more

  • Volker Schlöndorff

    Director

  • Jean-Claude Carrière

    Screenplay

  • Volker Schlöndorff

    Screenplay

  • Michel Tournier

    Novel

  • Bruno de Keyzer

    Director of Photography

  • Nicolas Gaster

    Editor

  • 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

  • Sasha Hanau

    Martine

  • Vernon Dobtcheff

    Lawyer

  • Simon McBurney

    Brigadier

  • Ilja Smoljanski

    Ephraim

  • Luc Florian

    Prisoner of War #1

  • Laurent Spielvogel

    Prisoner of War #2

  • Marc Duret

    Prisoner of War #3

  • Philippe Sturbelle

    Prisoner of War #4

  • Jacques Ciron

    State Attorney

  • Patrick Floersheim

    Police Captain

  • Caspar Salmon

    Young Abel

  • Daniel Smith

    Nestor

  • Ryan O'Leary

    Clément

  • Lars Albiez

    Lothar

  • Claude Degen

    Priest

  • Thierry Monfray

    Teacher

  • Jacques Brunet

    Principal at School

  • Sylvie Huguel

    Martine's Mother

  • Erick Deshors

    Hervé

  • Jérôme Keen

    Abel's Client

  • Lyèce Boukhitine

    Ahmed

  • Christine Paolini

    Nestor's Mother

  • Maximilian Haas

    Napola Boy #1

  • Robert Beyer

    Napola Boy #2

  • Norman Daugs

    Napola Boy #3

  • Joachim Paul Assböck

    Messenger Officer

  • Bartosz Obuchowicz

    Country Boy

  • Małgorzata Rożniatowska

    Country Boy's Mother

  • Piotr Grabowski

    German Officer

  • Andrzej Szenajch

    Old Napola Teacher

  • Lothar Pinnig

    Napola Teacher

  • Jerzy Orłowski

    Disabled Officer

    • Runtime

    113 minutes

    Released

    1996-09-12

    Languages

    English

    Français

    Deutsch

    עִבְרִית

    Latin

    Pусский

    Countries

    France

    Germany

    Poland

    United Kingdom

    Studios

    WDR

    Renn Productions

    France 2 Cinéma

    Canal+

    Studio Babelsberg

    Recorded Picture Company

    UFA

    Heritage Films

    Sound

  • Michael Nyman

    Original Music Composer

    • Updated

    676 days ago

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