The Ogre
Der Unhold
Release: 1996-09-12
·Runtime: 113m
·★ 6.3
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.
Production Countries
France
Germany
Poland
United Kingdom
Production Companies
Recorded Picture Company
Renn Productions
Studio Babelsberg
UFA
Canal+
France 2 Cinéma
WDR
Heritage Films
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Piotr Grabowski
as German Officer
Jérôme Keen
as Abel's Client
Vernon Dobtcheff
as Lawyer
Jacques Ciron
as State Attorney
Patrick Floersheim
as Police Captain
Joachim Paul Assböck
as Messenger Officer
Adolf Hitler
as Self (archive footage)
Laurent Spielvogel
as Prisoner of War #2
John Malkovich
as Abel
Marc Duret
as Prisoner of War #3
Volker Spengler
as Fieldmarshall Hermann Göring
Heino Ferch
as SS Officer Raufeisen
Norbert Rakowski
as SS Man
Ilja Zmiejew
as Russian Officer
Armin Mueller-Stahl
as Count von Kaltenborn
Agnès Soral
as Rachel
Jacques Brunet
as Principal at School
Christine Paolini
as Nestor's Mother
Andrzej Szenajch
as Old Napola Teacher
Gottfried John
as Chief Forester
Bartosz Obuchowicz
as Country Boy
Małgorzata Rożniatowska
as Country Boy's Mother
Sylvie Huguel
as Martine's Mother
Erick Deshors
as Hervé
Marianne Sägebrecht
as Frau Netta
Dieter Laser
as Professor Blättchen
Simon McBurney
as Brigadier
Luc Florian
as Prisoner of War #1
Thierry Monfray
as Teacher
Crew
Louis Malle
In Memory Of
Gérard Moulévrier
Casting
Volker Schlöndorff
Director, Screenplay
Ezio Frigerio
Production Design
Anna B. Sheppard
Costume Designer
Felix Moeller
Researcher
Jeremy Thomas
Executive Producer
Jean-Claude Carrière
Screenplay
Lew Rywin
Executive Producer
Michał Szczerbic
Production Manager
Michel Tournier
Novel
Michael Nyman
Original Music Composer
Claude Berri
Executive Producer
Agnieszka Chruściel
Assistant Production Manager
Marek Brodzki
Assistant Director