Overview
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.
Movie Info
Release Date: 9/12/1996
Runtime: 113 min
Director: Volker Schlöndorff
Writers: Jean-Claude Carrière, Volker Schlöndorff, Michel Tournier
Top Cast
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
Vernon Dobtcheff
Lawyer
Simon McBurney
Brigadier
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