Directed by:
Volker SchlöndorffScreenplay:
Jean-Claude CarrièreCinematography:
Bruno de KeyzerComposer:
Michael NymanCast:
John Malkovich, Gottfried John, Marianne Sägebrecht, Volker Spengler, Heino Ferch, Dieter Laser, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Agnès Soral, Erick Deshors (more)Plots(1)
Abel Tiffauges has always loved children and he is as well a staunch believer in his own fate. After being taken prisoner by the Germans, he finds himself in a vast fortress at the far end of Oriental Prussia. There, he is put in charge of recruiting children he doesn't hesitate to kidnap from their families, to turn them into soldiers of the III Reich. Until the final sacrifice.... (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![John Malkovich](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/542/164542331_1727d2.jpg)
John Malkovich
USA
Best movies:
Of Mice and Men (1992)
Changeling (2008)
The Killing Fields (1984)
![Gottfried John](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/737/158737774_2f8d59.jpg)
Gottfried John
German Empire
Best movies:
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life (1995)
![Marianne Sägebrecht](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/993/158993211_b635fd.jpg)
Marianne Sägebrecht
Best movies:
The War of the Roses (1989)
Left Luggage (1998)
A Whole Life (2023)
Volker Spengler
German Empire
Best movies:
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
The Stationmaster's Wife (1977) (TV movie)
The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
![Heino Ferch](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/207/163207123_0a4faf.jpg)
Heino Ferch
West Germany
Best movies:
Comedian Harmonists (1997)
Ku'damm 56 (2016) (series)
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
![Dieter Laser](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/488/488776_7f41dc.jpg)
Dieter Laser
German Empire
Best movies:
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (1975)
November (2017)
The Ogre (1996)
![Armin Mueller-Stahl](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/584/164584378_6ea401.jpg)
Armin Mueller-Stahl
German Empire
Best movies:
The Game (1997)
Night on Earth (1991)
Shine (1996)
![Agnès Soral](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/214/159214845_2a3b0e.jpg)
Agnès Soral
Best movies:
So Long, Stooge (1983)
I Love You (1986)
The Ogre (1996)
Erick Deshors
Best movies:
The Ogre (1996)
Elizabeth I (2005) (series)
The Little Thief (1988)
![Joachim Paul Assböck](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/909/159909700_551e46.jpg)
Joachim Paul Assböck
West Germany
Best movies:
Schindler's List (1993)
The Pianist (2002)
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
![Vernon Dobtcheff](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/494/494695_35970a.jpg)
Vernon Dobtcheff
France
Best movies:
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
If Tomorrow Comes (1986) (series)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
![Andrzej Szenajch](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/149/159149154_940636.jpg)
Andrzej Szenajch
Poland
Best movies:
The Pianist (2002)
Szpital przemienienia (1978)
Man of Iron (1981)
Jacques Ciron
France
Best movies:
L'Allée du roi (1996) (series)
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
My New Partner (1984)
Piotr Grabowski
Poland
Best movies:
Znachor (1981)
Historie miłosne (1997)
The King (2020) (series)
![Malgorzata Rozniatowska](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/413/165413549_bba978.png)
Malgorzata Rozniatowska
Poland
Best movies:
The Master and Margarita (1988) (series)
A Short Film About Love (1988)
The Debt (1999)
![Marc Duret](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/525/161525827_e339b8.png)
Marc Duret
France
Best movies:
The Big Blue (1988)
La Femme Nikita (1990)
Hate (1995)
Jacques Brunet
Canada
Best movies:
L'Affaire Salengro (2009) (TV movie)
The Cry of the Owl (1987)
Story of Women (1988)
Lyèce Boukhitine
France
Best movies:
The Ogre (1996)
Le Cousin (1997)
À cran, deux ans après (2004) (TV movie)
Robert Beyer
East Germany
Best movies:
The Book Thief (2013)
The Ogre (1996)
Pinocchio (2013) (TV movie)
Patrick Floersheim
France
Best movies:
Asterix in Britain (1986)
Asterix vs. Caesar (1985)
La Voie Jackson (1981) (TV movie)