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.
At a glance
Countries
France, Germany, Poland, United Kingdom
Ratings
TMDB users
6.4/10
47 votes
Rating consensus
64/100 blend
Sources: TMDB
Moderate-to-positive blended read — weighted ~64/100 across 1 rating source. The listed meters mostly agree.
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
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The Ogre (1996)
Volker Schlöndorff
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