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.

Directed by Volker Schlöndorff

Top 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

S

Sasha Hanau

Martine

Vernon Dobtcheff

Lawyer

Simon McBurney

Brigadier

I

Ilja Smoljanski

Ephraim

Luc Florian

Prisoner of War #1

Laurent Spielvogel

Prisoner of War #2

Marc Duret

Prisoner of War #3

P

Philippe Sturbelle

Prisoner of War #4

Jacques Ciron

State Attorney

Patrick Floersheim

Police Captain

C

Caspar Salmon

Young Abel

D

Daniel Smith

Nestor

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