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.
- Year : 1996
- Country : France, Germany, Poland, United Kingdom
- Genre : Drama, War
- Studio : Heritage Films, Recorded Picture Company, Renn Productions, Studio Babelsberg, UFA, Canal+, France 2 Cinéma, WDR
- Keyword : based on novel or book, world war ii, hitler youth, military school, nazi collaborationism, nazism, nazi germany
- Director : Volker Schlöndorff
- Cast : John Malkovich, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Gottfried John, Marianne Sägebrecht, Volker Spengler, Heino Ferch