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