The Ogre
Der Unhold
Drama
War
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.
1996-09-12
de
Cast
Director
Volker Schlöndorff
John Malkovich as Abel
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
Vernon Dobtcheff as Lawyer
Simon McBurney as Brigadier
Luc Florian as Prisoner of War #1
Laurent Spielvogel as Prisoner of War #2
Marc Duret as Prisoner of War #3
Jacques Ciron as State Attorney
Patrick Floersheim as Police Captain
Thierry Monfray as Teacher
Jacques Brunet as Principal at School
Sylvie Huguel as Martine's Mother
Erick Deshors as Hervé
Jérôme Keen as Abel's Client
Christine Paolini as Nestor's Mother
Joachim Paul Assböck as Messenger Officer
Bartosz Obuchowicz as Country Boy
Małgorzata Rożniatowska as Country Boy's Mother
Piotr Grabowski as German Officer
Andrzej Szenajch as Old Napola Teacher
Norbert Rakowski as SS Man
Ilja Zmiejew as Russian Officer
Adolf Hitler as Self (archive footage)