---
title: 'The Ogre (1996)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Volker Schlöndorff'
released: '1996-09-12'
runtime_minutes: 117
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-ogre-1996'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118043/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Ogre (1996)

1996 · 117 min · Drama, War · Germany, United Kingdom, France


## Synopsis

The Ogre is a 1996 war drama film directed by Volker Schlöndorff, adapted by Schlöndorff and Jean-Claude Carrière from Michel Tournier's 1970 novel The Erl-King. The film stars John Malkovich as Abel Tiffauges, a childlike French mechanic whose fascination with children and animals leads him, during the Second World War, from French civilian life to a Nazi elite school in East Prussia. The cast also includes Armin Mueller-Stahl, Gottfried John, Marianne Sägebrecht, Volker Spengler, Heino Ferch, Dieter Laser and Agnès Soral.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Volker Schlöndorff](https://cinepixo.com/people/volker-schlondorff)
- **Screenplay:** [Jean-Claude Carrière](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-claude-carriere)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Michael Nyman](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-nyman)
- **Producer:** [Gebhard Henke](https://cinepixo.com/people/gebhard-henke)
- **Director of Photography:** [Bruno de Keyzer](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruno-de-keyzer)
- **Editor:** [Nicolas Gaster](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicolas-gaster)

## Cast

- [Piotr Grabowski](https://cinepixo.com/people/piotr-grabowski)
- [Thierry Monfray](https://cinepixo.com/people/thierry-monfray) as Professeur
- [Patrick Floersheim](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-floersheim) as Inspecteur de police
- [Andrzej Szenajch](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrzej-szenajch)
- [Volker Spengler](https://cinepixo.com/people/volker-spengler) as Hermann Göring
- [Caspar Salmon](https://cinepixo.com/people/caspar-salmon) as Abel jeune
- [Marianne Sägebrecht](https://cinepixo.com/people/marianne-sagebrecht) as Mrs. Netta
- [Vernon Dobtcheff](https://cinepixo.com/people/vernon-dobtcheff) as Lawyer
- [Marc Duret](https://cinepixo.com/people/marc-duret) as Prisonnier de guerre
- [Robert Beyer](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-beyer)
- [Luc Florian](https://cinepixo.com/people/luc-florian) as Prisonnier de guerre
- [Pierre-Benoist Varoclier](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-benoist-varoclier) as Pensionnaire
- [John Malkovich](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-malkovich) as Abel Tiffauges
- [Jacques Brunet](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-brunet)
- [Armin Mueller-Stahl](https://cinepixo.com/people/armin-mueller-stahl) as Comte von Kaltenborn

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-ogre-1996
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