The Ogre

The Ogre

113 mins | Drama, War | Sept. 12, 1996

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.

The Ogre

113 mins | Drama, War | Sept. 12, 1996

The Ogre
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.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Renn Productions, France 2 Cinéma, Canal+, Studio Babelsberg, Recorded Picture Company, Universum Film (UFA), Héritage Films
Original title Der Unhold
Directors Volker Schlöndorff
Writers Michel Tournier, Volker Schlöndorff, Jean-Claude Carrière

Cast

John Malkovich

as Abel Tiffauges

Armin Mueller-Stahl

as Count von Kaltenborn

Gottfried John

as Chief Forester

Marianne Sägebrecht

as Frau Netta

Volker Spengler

as Fieldmarshall Hermann Göring

Heino Ferch

as SS Officer Raufeisen

Dieter Laser

as Professor Blättchen

Agnès Soral

as Rachel

Sasha Hanau

as Martine

Luc Florian

as Prisoner of War #1

Laurent Spielvogel

as Prisoner of War #2

Marc Duret

as Prisoner of War #3

Philippe Sturbelle

as Prisoner of War #4

Vernon Dobtcheff

as Lawyer

Jacques Ciron

as Judge

Simon McBurney

as Brigadier

Patrick Floersheim

as Police Commissioner

Caspar Salmon

as Young Abel

Daniel Smith

as Nestor

Ryan O'Leary

as Clément

Ilja Smoljanski

as Ephraim

Lars Albiez

as Lothar

Adolf Hitler

as Self (archive footage)