Drama / War /

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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.

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)