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