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The Ogre

Film19961h 53mReleased

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Director
Volker Schlöndorff
Language
German
Released
1996-09-12
Runtime
1h 53m

Community score

6.449 votes on TMDB

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Rating weighted by how many people voted

6.4

The story

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 MalkovichAbel
  • Armin Mueller-Stahl
    Armin Mueller-StahlCount von Kaltenborn
  • Gottfried John
    Gottfried JohnChief Forester
  • Marianne Sägebrecht
    Marianne SägebrechtFrau Netta
  • Volker Spengler
    Volker SpenglerFieldmarshall Hermann Göring
  • Heino Ferch
    Heino FerchSS Officer Raufeisen
  • Dieter Laser
    Dieter LaserProfessor Blättchen
  • Agnès Soral
    Agnès SoralRachel
  • Sasha Hanau — artwork unavailable
    Sasha HanauMartine
  • Vernon Dobtcheff
    Vernon DobtcheffLawyer