The Ogre

Overview

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.

Details

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