The Ogre
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Volker Schlöndorff
John Malkovich
Armin Mueller-stahl
Gottfried John
Phillipe Stubelle
Marc Duvet
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
The nightmarish saga of a gentle giant, Abel, a French prisoner of war in East Prussia, who is forced by evil circumstances into the task of recruiting young boys to be trained in the Nazi army, with or without their consent. Ordered by the inner sanctum of German leaders, who had redeemed him from his former imprisonment, Abel sets out daily from Hermann Goering's hunting lodge, on horseback and accompanied by a pack of Dobermans, to kidnap youngsters from their homes.
Cast
John Malkovich
Armin Mueller-stahl
Gottfried John
Phillipe Stubelle
Marc Duvet
Sasha Hanau
Dieter Laser
Vernon Dobtcheff
Ilja Smoljanski
Marianne Sägebrecht
Volker Spengler
Simon Mcburney
Heino Ferch
Laurent Spielvogel
Luc Florian
Agnes Soral
Crew
Chris Auty
Ula Baraniak
Karin Beewen
Werner Bergemann
Claude Berri
Eric Bourges
Ewa Braun
Ewa Brodzka
Marek Brodzki
Jean-claude Carriere
Isabelle Casez
Barbara Cieslak
Bertrand Clercq-roques
Jim Corcoran
Pierre Couveinhes
Arlette Danis
Leo Davis
Bruno De Keyzer
Malgorzata Dedek
Roland Dhardiville
Elzbieta Dmochowska
Johanna Doroszkiewicz
Helene Dubreuil
Maria Dziewulska
Ezio Frigerio
Nic Gaster
Maria Gawinska
Arnd Geisheimer
Sally Grace
Andreas Grosch
Elzbieta Heleniak
Monika Helmer
Bernhard Henrich
Thomas Hetzel
Dorothea Hildebrandt
Berndt Howeihe
Pierre-alain Hubert
Eliane Huss
Dejan Iriz
Jan Janik
Johanna Jedlewska
Frank Jordan
Marcel Just
Axel Kahnt
Krzysztof Koperski
Grazyna Kozlowska
Malgozata Kozlowska
Hartmut Kraft
Boguslaw Kurzyk
Karl-heinz Laabs
Robert Lecorre
Michel Lefrancois
Daniel Leterrier
Gudrun Leyendecker
Christophe Mazodier
Gérard Moulévrier
Hans Muller
Horst Muller
Karin Muller-grunewald
Didier Naert
Zbigniew Nietresta
Michael Nyman
Jacek Osadowski
Peter Owen
Ewa Pfeiffer
Joelle Picaud
Marek Pinkowski
Bogdan Piotrowski
Thomasz Podlewski
Waldemar Pokromski
Andrzej Przestrzelski
Stephane Quattrehomme
Marek Razniewski
Jacek Ryniewicz
Lew Rywin
Grzegorz Rzepecki
Lars Sachau
Susann Schimk
Uschi Schlieper
Volker Schlöndorff
Anna Sheppard
Dorothee Specht
Michael Spreer
Malgorzata Stefaniak
Daniela Stenger
Kazimierz Stys
Michael Sutor
Michal Szczerbic
Andrzej Szenajch
Magdalena Szwarchart
Ryszard Szymanski
Jeremy Thomas
Julia Thomas
Julia Thomas
Michel Tournier
Karzyna Trocka
Karl-heinz Uebelmann
Joost Van Der Velden
Albert Vasseur
Adam Wachol
Antoni Warchot
Ingrid Weiss
Waldemar Weiss
Gerd Willert
Ingrid Windisch
Sebastian Winkels
Kazimierz Wroblewski
Axel Zornow
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1996
Released in United States January 8, 1999
Released in United States on Video October 19, 1999
Released in United States September 1996
Released in United States Winter December 11, 1998
Shown at Toronto International Film Festival September 5-14, 1996.
Shown at Venice Film Festival (in competition) August 29 - September 7, 1996.
Principal photography occurred in two parts: July 25 through September 1, 1995 in Germany and France and resumed October 17 through December 7 in Poland and Germany.
Began shooting July 25, 1995.
Completed shooting December 8, 1995.
Studio Babelsberg is Volker Schlondorff's production company.
Released in United States 1996 (Shown at Venice Film Festival (in competition) August 29 - September 7, 1996.)
Released in United States January 8, 1999 (New Beverly Cinema; Los Angeles)
Released in United States September 1996 (Shown at Toronto International Film Festival September 5-14, 1996.)
Released in United States on Video October 19, 1999
Released in United States Winter December 11, 1998 (NY)
