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)
Crew
Volker Schlöndorff
Director, Screenplay
Jean-Claude Carrière
Screenplay
Michel Tournier
Novel
Nicolas Gaster
Editor
Bruno de Keyzer
Director of Photography
Elise Crosnier
Second Assistant Director
Marek Brodzki
Assistant Director
Marcel Just
Assistant Director
Beatrice Banfi
Assistant Director
Roland Dhardiville
Assistant Director
Andi Lang
Assistant Director, Unit Manager
Daniela Stenger
Assistant Director
Karl-Heinz Uebelmann
Storyboard Artist
Dorothee Specht
Production Coordinator
Claude Berri
Executive Producer
Jeremy Thomas
Executive Producer
Lew Rywin
Executive Producer
Gebhard Henke
Producer
Ingrid Windisch
Producer
Rainer Simon
Associate Producer
Pierre Couveinhes
Associate Producer
Chris Auty
Associate Producer
Andreas Grosch
Line Producer
Ezio Frigerio
Production Design
Martin Kenzie
Camera Operator
Daniel Leterrier
Camera Operator
Karin Müller-Grunewald
Casting
Gérard Moulévrier
Casting
Leo Davis
Casting
Magdalena Szwarcbart
Casting
Karin Beewen
Casting
Anna B. Sheppard
Costume Designer
Nadine Dumas
Hairdresser
Axel Zornow
Makeup Department Head
Andrea Teichmann
Makeup Artist
Yasmine Bourbia
Makeup Artist
Thorsten Johanningmeier
Second Unit Director
Rodney Glenn
Sound Editor
Karl-Heinz Laabs
Sound Mixer
Manfred Arbter
Sound Mixer
Gerd Willert
Boom Operator
Jimmy Corcoran
Boom Operator
Hugo Gries
Foley Artist
Herbert Schulz
Foley Artist
Georges Demetreau
Special Effects
Waldemar Pokromski
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Michael Nyman
Original Music Composer
Bernhard Henrich
Set Decoration
Robert Le Corre
Set Dresser
Olivier Ziebe
Still Photographer
Patrick Camboulive
Still Photographer
Andrzej Przestrzelski
Still Photographer
Peter Przygodda
Creative Consultant
Thomas Hezel
Script Supervisor
Joëlle Picaud
Location Manager
Roland Neunreuther
Stunt Coordinator
Jean-Louis Laher
Property Master
Susanne Hein
Property Buyer
Eliane Huss
Property Buyer
Bernhard Rolland
Property Buyer
Louis Malle
In Memory Of
Albert Vasseur
Grip
Michel Le François
Gaffer
Dorothea Hildebrandt
Production Manager
Michał Szczerbic
Production Manager
Arlette Danis
Production Manager
Felix Moeller
Researcher
Isabelle Casez
Focus Puller
Agnieszka Chruściel
Assistant Production Manager
Heinz Röske
Art Direction
Didier Naert
Art Direction
