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The Ogre
6.4(49)19961h 53m
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.
- Director
- Volker Schlöndorff
- Created by
- Claude Berri,Jeremy Thomas,Lew Rywin
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Cast

John Malkovich
Abel

Armin Mueller-Stahl
Count von Kaltenborn

Gottfried John
Chief Forester

Marianne Sägebrecht
Frau Netta

Volker Spengler
Fieldmarshall Hermann Göring

Heino Ferch
SS Officer Raufeisen

Dieter Laser
Professor Blättchen

Agnès Soral
Rachel
Sasha Hanau
Martine

Vernon Dobtcheff
Lawyer

Simon McBurney
Brigadier
Ilja Smoljanski
Ephraim

Luc Florian
Prisoner of War #1

Laurent Spielvogel
Prisoner of War #2

Marc Duret
Prisoner of War #3
Philippe Sturbelle
Prisoner of War #4

Jacques Ciron
State Attorney

Patrick Floersheim
Police Captain
Caspar Salmon
Young Abel
Daniel Smith
Nestor
Ryan O'Leary
Clément
Lars Albiez
Lothar
Claude Degen
Priest

Thierry Monfray
Teacher
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Crew
Directing
- Marek BrodzkiAssistant Director
- Marcel JustAssistant Director
- Beatrice BanfiAssistant Director
- Roland DhardivilleAssistant Director
- Andi LangAssistant Director
- Daniela StengerAssistant Director
- Thorsten JohanningmeierSecond Unit Director
- Thomas HezelScript Supervisor
- Elise CrosnierSecond Assistant Director
- Volker SchlöndorffDirector
Writing
- Michel TournierNovel
- Jean-Claude CarrièreScreenplay
- Volker SchlöndorffScreenplay
Production
- Andreas GroschLine Producer
- Dorothea HildebrandtProduction Manager
- Michał SzczerbicProduction Manager
- Arlette DanisProduction Manager
- Karin Müller-GrunewaldCasting
- Gérard MoulévrierCasting
- Leo DavisCasting
- Magdalena SzwarcbartCasting
- Rainer SimonAssociate Producer
- Felix MoellerResearcher
- Andi LangUnit Manager
- Dorothee SpechtProduction Coordinator
Camera
- Martin KenzieCamera Operator
- Daniel LeterrierCamera Operator
- Isabelle CasezFocus Puller
- Albert VasseurGrip
- Olivier ZiebeStill Photographer
- Patrick CambouliveStill Photographer
- Andrzej PrzestrzelskiStill Photographer
- Bruno de KeyzerDirector of Photography
Editing
- Nicolas GasterEditor
Sound
- Karl-Heinz LaabsSound Mixer
- Gerd WillertBoom Operator
- Jimmy CorcoranBoom Operator
- Hugo GriesFoley Artist
- Herbert SchulzFoley Artist
- Michael NymanOriginal Music Composer
- Manfred ArbterSound Mixer
- Rodney GlennSound Editor
Art
- Bernhard HenrichSet Decoration
- Karl-Heinz UebelmannStoryboard Artist
- Heinz RöskeArt Direction
- Susanne HeinProperty Buyer
- Eliane HussProperty Buyer
- Jean-Louis LaherProperty Master
- Bernhard RollandProperty Buyer
- Robert Le CorreSet Dresser
- Ezio FrigerioProduction Design
- Didier NaertArt Direction
Costume & Make-Up
- Anna B. SheppardCostume Designer
- Axel ZornowMakeup Department Head
- Waldemar PokromskiSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- Andrea TeichmannMakeup Artist
- Yasmine BourbiaMakeup Artist
- Nadine DumasHairdresser
Crew
- Louis MalleIn Memory Of
- Roland NeunreutherStunt Coordinator
- Georges DemetreauSpecial Effects
- Peter PrzygoddaCreative Consultant
Lighting
- Michel Le FrançoisGaffer