

The Ogre
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.
Movie Details
Languages
English
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Studio
Recorded Picture Company
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Key Crew

Claude Berri
Executive Producer

Lew Rywin
Executive Producer

Jeremy Thomas
Executive Producer

Volker Schlöndorff
Director

Volker Schlöndorff
Screenplay

Jean-Claude Carrière
Screenplay
Cast

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