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Cast
John Malkovich | As: Abel | |
Armin Mueller-Stahl | As: Count von Kaltenborn | |
Gottfried John | As: Chief Forester | |
Marianne Sägebrecht | As: Frau Netta | |
Volker Spengler | As: Fieldmarshall Hermann Göring |
Storyline
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.
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Certification: | U |
Details
Genres: Drama, War
Language: English, Français, Deutsch, עִבְרִית, Latin, Pусский
Release Date: 12 September 1996
Country: FR, DE, PL, GB
Runtime: 113m
Company Credits
Company: Heritage Films, Recorded Picture Company, Renn Productions, Studio Babelsberg, UFA, Canal+, France 2 Cinéma, WDR
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Cast
John Malkovich |
Abel |
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Armin Mueller-Stahl |
Count von Kaltenborn |
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Gottfried John |
Chief Forester |
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Marianne Sägebrecht |
Frau Netta |
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Volker Spengler |
Fieldmarshall Hermann Göring |
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Heino Ferch |
SS Officer Raufeisen |
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Dieter Laser |
Professor Blättchen |
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Agnès Soral |
Rachel |
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Sasha Hanau |
Martine |
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Vernon Dobtcheff |
Lawyer |
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Simon McBurney |
Brigadier |
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Ilja Smoljanski |
Ephraim |
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Luc Florian |
Prisoner of War #1 |
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Laurent Spielvogel |
Prisoner of War #2 |
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Marc Duret |
Prisoner of War #3 |
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Philippe Sturbelle |
Prisoner of War #4 |
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Jacques Ciron |
State Attorney |
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Patrick Floersheim |
Police Captain |
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Caspar Salmon |
Young Abel |
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Daniel Smith |
Nestor |
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Ryan O'Leary |
Clément |
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Lars Albiez |
Lothar |
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Claude Degen |
Priest |
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Thierry Monfray |
Teacher |
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Jacques Brunet |
Principal at School |
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Sylvie Huguel |
Martine's Mother |
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Erick Deshors |
Hervé |
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Jérôme Keen |
Abel's Client |
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Lyèce Boukhitine |
Ahmed |
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Christine Paolini |
Nestor's Mother |
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Maximilian Haas |
Napola Boy #1 |
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Robert Beyer |
Napola Boy #2 |
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Norman Daugs |
Napola Boy #3 |
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Joachim Paul Assböck |
Messenger Officer |
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Bartosz Obuchowicz |
Country Boy |
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Małgorzata Rożniatowska |
Country Boy's Mother |
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Piotr Grabowski |
German Officer |
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Andrzej Szenajch |
Old Napola Teacher |
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Lothar Pinnig |
Napola Teacher |
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Jerzy Orłowski |
Disabled Officer |
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Norbert Rakowski |
SS Man |
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Ilja Zmiejew |
Russian Officer |
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Adolf Hitler |
Self (archive footage) |
Directed By
Marek Brodzki |
Assistant Director |
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Thomas Hezel |
Script Supervisor |
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Andi Lang |
Assistant Director |
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Beatrice Banfi |
Assistant Director |
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Elise Crosnier |
Second Assistant Director |
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Roland Dhardiville |
Assistant Director |
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Marcel Just |
Assistant Director |
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Daniela Stenger |
Assistant Director |
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Thorsten Johanningmeier |
Second Unit Director |
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Volker Schlöndorff |
Director |
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Writing Credits
Volker Schlöndorff |
Screenplay |
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Michel Tournier |
Novel |
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Jean-Claude Carrière |
Screenplay |
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Production Crew
Michał Szczerbic |
Production Manager |
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Gérard Moulévrier |
Casting |
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Arlette Danis |
Production Manager |
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Dorothea Hildebrandt |
Production Manager |
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Andreas Grosch |
Line Producer |
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Karin Müller-Grunewald |
Casting |
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Magdalena Szwarcbart |
Casting |
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Leo Davis |
Casting |
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Dorothee Specht |
Production Coordinator |
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Felix Moeller |
Researcher |
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Rainer Simon |
Associate Producer |
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Joëlle Picaud |
Location Manager |
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Andi Lang |
Unit Manager |
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Claude Berri |
Executive Producer |
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Lew Rywin |
Executive Producer |
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Jeremy Thomas |
Executive Producer |
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Pierre Couveinhes |
Associate Producer |
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Chris Auty |
Associate Producer |
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Karin Beewen |
Casting |
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Gebhard Henke |
Producer |
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Ingrid Windisch |
Producer |
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Agnieszka Chruściel |
Assistant Production Manager |
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Edited By
Nicolas Gaster |
Editor |
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Costume and Makeup
Anna B. Sheppard |
Costume Designer |
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Axel Zornow |
Makeup Department Head |
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Andrea Teichmann |
Makeup Artist |
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Nadine Dumas |
Hairdresser |
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Waldemar Pokromski |
Special Effects Makeup Artist |
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Yasmine Bourbia |
Makeup Artist |
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Sound
Jimmy Corcoran |
Boom Operator |
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Gerd Willert |
Boom Operator |
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Herbert Schulz |
Foley Artist |
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Hugo Gries |
Foley Artist |
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Karl-Heinz Laabs |
Sound Mixer |
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Michael Nyman |
Original Music Composer |
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Rodney Glenn |
Sound Editor |
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Manfred Arbter |
Sound Mixer |
Visual Effects
Camera
Martin Kenzie |
Camera Operator |
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Patrick Camboulive |
Still Photographer |
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Albert Vasseur |
Grip |
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Andrzej Przestrzelski |
Still Photographer |
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Olivier Ziebe |
Still Photographer |
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Isabelle Casez |
Focus Puller |
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Daniel Leterrier |
Camera Operator |
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Bruno de Keyzer |
Director of Photography |
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Lighting
Michel Le François |
Gaffer |
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Art Department
Bernhard Henrich |
Set Decoration |
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Karl-Heinz Uebelmann |
Storyboard Artist |
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Eliane Huss |
Property Buyer |
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Heinz Röske |
Art Direction |
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Susanne Hein |
Property Buyer |
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Bernhard Rolland |
Property Buyer |
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Jean-Louis Laher |
Property Master |
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Robert Le Corre |
Set Dresser |
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Ezio Frigerio |
Production Design |
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Didier Naert |
Art Direction |
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Other Crew
Louis Malle |
In Memory Of |
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Roland Neunreuther |
Stunt Coordinator |
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Georges Demetreau |
Special Effects |
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Peter Przygodda |
Creative Consultant |
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