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The Ogre

Original title: Der Unhold

1996 · 1h 53m

Directed by Volker Schlöndorff

6.4

TMDB audience score
49 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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.

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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