The Ogre (1996 film)

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film historical drama film

The Ogre is a 1996 historical drama film directed by Volker Schlöndorff, based on Michel Tournier’s novel, that follows a naive Frenchman whose work at a Nazi boarding school leads him to confront the horrors of World War II.

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instanceOf film ⓘ
historical drama film ⓘ
awardReceived Best Artistic Contribution at Venice Film Festival ⓘ
basedOn The Erl-King ⓘ
novel by Michel Tournier ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
director Volker Schlöndorff ⓘ
directorOfPhotography Lajos Koltai ⓘ
distributedBy Miramax Films ⓘ
editedBy Peter Przygodda ⓘ
filmingLocation Germany ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
follows a naive Frenchman working at a Nazi boarding school ⓘ
genre historical drama ⓘ
war drama ⓘ
hasTitleInLanguage Der Unhold ⓘ
Le Roi des Aulnes ⓘ
mainCharacter Abel Tiffauges ⓘ
musicBy Michael Nyman ⓘ
narrativeLocation East Prussia ⓘ
French countryside ⓘ
notableFor John Malkovich’s performance as Abel Tiffauges ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ
German ⓘ
partOf European World War II cinema ⓘ
portrays Hitler Youth–style training ⓘ
Nazi boarding school for boys ⓘ
productionCompany Babelsberg Film Studio ⓘ
surface form: Babelsberg Studio
releaseYear 1996 ⓘ
runtime approximately 135 minutes ⓘ
screeningEvent Venice Film Festival ⓘ
surface form: 1996 Venice Film Festival
screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière ⓘ
Michel Tournier ⓘ
Volker Schlöndorff ⓘ
setInPeriod World War II ⓘ
stars Armin Mueller-Stahl ⓘ
Gottfried John NERFINISHED ⓘ
John Malkovich ⓘ
Marianne Sägebrecht ⓘ
subject Nazism ⓘ
child soldiers ⓘ
horrors of war ⓘ
indoctrination ⓘ
theme loss of innocence ⓘ
moral complicity ⓘ
myth and reality ⓘ
power and submission ⓘ

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