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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.
Volker Schlöndorff
Casts & Crew
John Malkovich
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Gottfried John
Marianne Sägebrecht
Volker Spengler
Heino Ferch
Dieter Laser
Agnès Soral
Sasha Hanau
Luc Florian
Laurent Spielvogel
Marc Duret
Philippe Sturbelle
Vernon Dobtcheff
Jacques Ciron
Simon McBurney
Patrick Floersheim
Caspar Salmon
Daniel Smith
Ryan O'Leary
Ilja Smoljanski
Lars Albiez
Adolf Hitler
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A drama loosely based on Jean Bernard's Nazi-era prison diary.
A nearly illiterate woman becomes one of the founders of Poland's Solidarity union.
Pollet and Schlöndorff imagine the Mediterranean as a supernal arena.
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An interview in six parts between Volker Schlöndorff and Billy Wilder.
Television film.
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