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.

Drama War

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)

Jacques Brunet

(Principal at School)

Sylvie Huguel

(Martine's Mother)

Erick Deshors

(Hervé)

Jérôme Keen

(Abel's Client)

Lyèce Boukhitine

(Ahmed)

Christine Paolini

(Nestor's Mother)

Maximilian Haas

(Napola Boy #1)

Robert Beyer

(Napola Boy #2)

Norman Daugs

(Napola Boy #3)

Joachim Paul Assböck

(Messenger Officer)

Bartosz Obuchowicz

(Country Boy)

Małgorzata Rożniatowska

(Country Boy's Mother)

Piotr Grabowski

(German Officer)

Andrzej Szenajch

(Old Napola Teacher)

Lothar Pinnig

(Napola Teacher)

Jerzy Orłowski

(Disabled Officer)

Norbert Rakowski

(SS Man)

Ilja Zmiejew

(Russian Officer)

Adolf Hitler

(Self (archive footage))