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The Ogre

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.

1996 |1h 53m |  Drama, War

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Cast

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John Malkovich

Abel

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Armin Mueller-Stahl

Count von Kaltenborn

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Gottfried John

Chief Forester

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Marianne Sägebrecht

Frau Netta

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Volker Spengler

Fieldmarshall Hermann Göring

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Heino Ferch

SS Officer Raufeisen

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Dieter Laser

Professor Blättchen

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Agnès Soral

Rachel

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Vernon Dobtcheff

Lawyer

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Simon McBurney

Brigadier

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Luc Florian

Prisoner of War #1

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Laurent Spielvogel

Prisoner of War #2

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Marc Duret

Prisoner of War #3

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Jacques Ciron

State Attorney

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Patrick Floersheim

Police Captain

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Thierry Monfray

Teacher

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Jacques Brunet

Principal at School

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Sylvie Huguel

Martine's Mother

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Erick Deshors

Hervé

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Jérôme Keen

Abel's Client

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Christine Paolini

Nestor's Mother

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Joachim Paul Assböck

Messenger Officer

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Bartosz Obuchowicz

Country Boy

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Małgorzata Rożniatowska

Country Boy's Mother

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Piotr Grabowski

German Officer

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Andrzej Szenajch

Old Napola Teacher

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Norbert Rakowski

SS Man

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Ilja Zmiejew

Russian Officer

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Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage)

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Status

Released

Language

English, French, German, Hebrew, Latin, Russian

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