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6.4Frenchman 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.
Released: 1996-09-12113 minDir: Volker SchlöndorffDrama, WarBox office: $50,935
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
Themes
- based on novel or book
- world war ii
- hitler youth
- military school
- nazi collaborationism
- nazism
- nazi germany
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- war film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- German
- Followed by
- Q2182389
- Based on
- The Erl-King
- Main subject
- Nazi Germany
- Director
- Volker Schlöndorff
- Screenwriter
- Jean-Claude Carrière
- Composer
- Q313639
- Cinematographer
- Bruno de Keyzer
- Filming location
- Paris
- Duration
- 117
- FilmAffinity ID
- 118152
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1996-09-12
- title
- The Ogre
- production designer
- Ezio Frigerio
- after a work by
- Michel Tournier
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 89%
- characters
- Hermann Göring
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