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The Ogre

1996·1h 58m·R
Drama
IMDb Rating
★ 6.8/10
2,791 votes

Frenchman Abel Tiffauges likes children, and wants to protect them against the grown-ups. Falsely suspected as child molester, he's recruited as a soldier in the 2nd World War, but very soon he is taken prisoner of war. After shortly serving in Goerings hunting lodge, he becomes the dogsbody in Kaltenborn Castle, an elite training camp for German boys. Completely happy to take care of these children, he becomes a servant of Nazism, catching boys from the area as supplies for the camp.

The Ogre is a 1996 drama movie directed by Volker Schlöndorff, starring John Malkovich, Gottfried John, Armin Mueller-Stahl. It holds an IMDb rating of 6.8/10 from 2,791 votes and runs 1h 58m.

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Director
Volker Schlöndorff
Stars
John Malkovich
Gottfried John
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Marianne Sägebrecht
Details
1996-09-12
118 min
Movie
R
★ Germany, France, Poland, United Kingdom
★ English, French, German
Keywords
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