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.
Language
German
Release Date
September 12, 1996
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
Sasha Hanau
Martine
Vernon Dobtcheff
Lawyer
Simon McBurney
Brigadier
Ilja Smoljanski
Ephraim
Luc Florian
Prisoner of War #1
Laurent Spielvogel
Prisoner of War #2
Marc Duret
Prisoner of War #3
Philippe Sturbelle
Prisoner of War #4
Jacques Ciron
State Attorney
Patrick Floersheim
Police Captain
Caspar Salmon
Young Abel
Daniel Smith
Nestor
Ryan O'Leary
Clément
Lars Albiez
Lothar
Claude Degen
Priest
Thierry Monfray
Teacher
Jacques Brunet
Principal at School
Sylvie Huguel
Martine's Mother
Erick Deshors
Hervé
Jérôme Keen
Abel's Client
Lyèce Boukhitine
Ahmed
Christine Paolini
Nestor's Mother
Maximilian Haas
Napola Boy #1
Robert Beyer
Napola Boy #2
Norman Daugs
Napola Boy #3
Joachim Paul Assböck
Messenger Officer
Bartosz Obuchowicz
Country Boy
Małgorzata Rożniatowska
Country Boy's Mother
Piotr Grabowski
German Officer
Andrzej Szenajch
Old Napola Teacher
Lothar Pinnig
Napola Teacher
Jerzy Orłowski
Disabled Officer
Norbert Rakowski
SS Man
Ilja Zmiejew
Russian Officer
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
Show Full Crew
Directing
Volker Schlöndorff
Director
Thomas Hezel
Script Supervisor
Marek Brodzki
Assistant Director
Marcel Just
Assistant Director
Beatrice Banfi
Assistant Director
Andi Lang
Assistant Director
Roland Dhardiville
Assistant Director
Daniela Stenger
Assistant Director
Thorsten Johanningmeier
Second Unit Director
Elise Crosnier
Second Assistant Director
Production
Jeremy Thomas
Executive Producer
Gérard Moulévrier
Casting
Andreas Grosch
Line Producer
Claude Berri
Executive Producer
Felix Moeller
Researcher
Michał Szczerbic
Production Manager
Karin Beewen
Casting
Leo Davis
Casting
Lew Rywin
Executive Producer
Gebhard Henke
Producer
Chris Auty
Associate Producer
Rainer Simon
Associate Producer
Magdalena Szwarcbart
Casting
Ingrid Windisch
Producer
Andi Lang
Unit Manager
Joëlle Picaud
Location Manager
Dorothee Specht
Production Coordinator
Agnieszka Chruściel
Assistant Production Manager
Karin Müller-Grunewald
Casting
Arlette Danis
Production Manager
Dorothea Hildebrandt
Production Manager
Pierre Couveinhes
Associate Producer
Camera
Martin Kenzie
Camera Operator
Patrick Camboulive
Still Photographer
Bruno de Keyzer
Director of Photography
Isabelle Casez
Focus Puller
Daniel Leterrier
Camera Operator
Albert Vasseur
Grip
Olivier Ziebe
Still Photographer
Andrzej Przestrzelski
Still Photographer
Editing
Art
Ezio Frigerio
Production Design
Bernhard Henrich
Set Decoration
Robert Le Corre
Set Dresser
Jean-Louis Laher
Property Master
Eliane Huss
Property Buyer
Heinz Röske
Art Direction
Didier Naert
Art Direction
Karl-Heinz Uebelmann
Storyboard Artist
Susanne Hein
Property Buyer
Bernhard Rolland
Property Buyer
Writing
Sound
Michael Nyman
Original Music Composer
Manfred Arbter
Sound Mixer
Rodney Glenn
Sound Editor
Karl-Heinz Laabs
Sound Mixer
Gerd Willert
Boom Operator
Jimmy Corcoran
Boom Operator
Hugo Gries
Foley Artist
Herbert Schulz
Foley Artist
Costume & Make-Up
Anna B. Sheppard
Costume Designer
Waldemar Pokromski
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Axel Zornow
Makeup Department Head
Andrea Teichmann
Makeup Artist
Yasmine Bourbia
Makeup Artist
Nadine Dumas
Hairdresser
Crew
Louis Malle
In Memory Of
Peter Przygodda
Creative Consultant
Roland Neunreuther
Stunt Coordinator
Georges Demetreau
Special Effects
Lighting