Movie
The Ogre
19961h 53m6.4 / 10
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.
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Synopsis
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.
More about The Ogre
Cast
John MalkovichAbel
Armin Mueller-StahlCount von Kaltenborn
Gottfried JohnChief Forester
Marianne SägebrechtFrau Netta
Volker SpenglerFieldmarshall Hermann Göring
Heino FerchSS Officer Raufeisen
Dieter LaserProfessor Blättchen
Agnès SoralRachelCredits
- Directed by
- Volker Schlöndorff
- Written by
- Jean-Claude Carrière, Volker Schlöndorff, Michel Tournier
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- German
- Original title
- Der Unhold
- Box office
- $50.9K
Production
Recorded Picture CompanyUnited Kingdom- Renn ProductionsFrance
Studio BabelsbergGermany
UFAGermany
Canal+France
France 2 CinémaFrance
Themes
based on novel or bookhitler youthmilitary schoolnazi collaborationismnazi germanynazismworld war ii
