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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.

1h 53m1996TMDb 6.4

DramaWar

German

Crew and Cast

Volker SchlöndorffVolker SchlöndorffDirectorJohn MalkovichJohn MalkovichAbelArmin Mueller-StahlArmin Mueller-StahlCount von KaltenbornGottfried JohnGottfried JohnChief ForesterMarianne SägebrechtMarianne SägebrechtFrau NettaVolker SpenglerVolker SpenglerFieldmarshall Hermann GöringHeino FerchHeino FerchSS Officer RaufeisenDieter LaserDieter LaserProfessor BlättchenAgnès SoralAgnès SoralRachel
Sasha HanauMartineVernon DobtcheffVernon DobtcheffLawyerSimon McBurneySimon McBurneyBrigadier
Ilja SmoljanskiEphraimLuc FlorianLuc FlorianPrisoner of War #1Laurent SpielvogelLaurent SpielvogelPrisoner of War #2Marc DuretMarc DuretPrisoner of War #3
Philippe SturbellePrisoner of War #4Jacques CironJacques CironState AttorneyPatrick FloersheimPatrick FloersheimPolice Captain
Caspar SalmonYoung Abel
Daniel SmithNestor
Ryan O'LearyClément
Lars AlbiezLothar
Claude DegenPriestThierry MonfrayThierry MonfrayTeacherJacques BrunetJacques BrunetPrincipal at SchoolSylvie HuguelSylvie HuguelMartine's MotherErick DeshorsErick DeshorsHervéJérôme KeenJérôme KeenAbel's Client
Lyèce BoukhitineAhmedChristine PaoliniChristine PaoliniNestor's Mother

Storyline

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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Info

Original title
Der Unhold
Status
Released
Released
12 September 1996
Runtime
1h 53m
TMDB score
6.4 / 10 (49 votes)

Production

Director
Volker Schlöndorff
Writers
Volker Schlöndorff, Michel Tournier, Jean-Claude Carrière
Studios
Recorded Picture Company, Renn Productions, Studio Babelsberg
Countries
France, Germany, Poland

Box Office

Revenue
$50,935.0

Languages

Original
German
Spoken
English, French, German, Hebrew, Latin, Russian