The Ogre

The Ogre
1996
★★★☆☆ 6.3/10
⏱️ 113 min
📅 Released
🌐 DE
DramaWar
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.

Cast

John Malkovich
John Malkovich
Abel
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Count von Kaltenborn
Gottfried John
Gottfried John
Chief Forester
Marianne Sägebrecht
Marianne Sägebrecht
Frau Netta
Volker Spengler
Volker Spengler
Fieldmarshall Hermann Göring
Heino Ferch
Heino Ferch
SS Officer Raufeisen

Crew

Director
Volker Schlöndorff
Writer
Volker Schlöndorff, Jean-Claude Carrière
Producer
Claude Berri, Lew Rywin, Jeremy Thomas

Production

Recorded Picture Company, Renn Productions, Studio Babelsberg, UFA, Canal+, France 2 Cinéma, WDR, Heritage Films

Keywords

based on novel or bookworld war iihitler youthmilitary schoolnazi collaborationismnazismnazi germany