The Ogre

64 %|Sep 12, 1996|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.

Featured Crew

Volker Schlöndorff

Director

Gebhard Henke

Producer

Bruno de Keyzer

Director of Photography

Nicolas Gaster

Editor

Karin Beewen

Casting

Ezio Frigerio

Production Design

Ingrid Windisch

Producer

Michel Tournier

Novel

Cast

Abel

Count von Kaltenborn

Chief Forester

Frau Netta

Fieldmarshall Hermann Göring

SS Officer Raufeisen

Professor Blättchen

Rachel

Martine

Lawyer

Brigadier

Ephraim

Prisoner of War #1

Prisoner of War #2

Prisoner of War #3

Prisoner of War #4

State Attorney

Police Captain

Young Abel

Nestor

Clément

Lothar

Priest

Teacher

Principal at School

Martine's Mother

Hervé

Abel's Client

Ahmed

Nestor's Mother

Napola Boy #1

Napola Boy #2

Napola Boy #3

Messenger Officer

Country Boy

Małgorzata Rożniatowska

Country Boy's Mother

German Officer

Old Napola Teacher

Napola Teacher

Disabled Officer

SS Man

Russian Officer

Self (archive footage)