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| The Ogre | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:The_Ogre_FilmPoster.jpeg) Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Volker Schlöndorff |
| Screenplay by | Jean-Claude Carrière Volker Schlöndorff |
| Based on | The Erl-King by Michel Tournier |
| Produced by | Gebhard Henke Ingrid Windisch |
| Starring | John Malkovich Gottfried John Marianne Sägebrecht Volker Spengler Heino Ferch Dieter Laser Agnès Soral Sasha Hanau Vernon Dobtcheff Simon McBurney Ilja Smoljanski Luc Florian Laurent Spielvogel Marc Duret Philippe Sturbelle Armin Mueller-Stahl Pierre-Benoist Varoclier |
| Cinematography | Bruno de Keyzer |
| Edited by | Nicolas Gaster Peter Przygodda |
| Music by | Michael Nyman |
Production companies | Canal+ France 2 Cinéma Héritage Films Recorded Picture Company (RPC) Renn Productions Studio Babelsberg Universum Film (UFA) Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) |
| Distributed by | AMLF (1996, France) Tobis Filmkunst (1996, Germany) Kino International (1998, USA, all media) |
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Running time | 118 min. |
| Countries | France Germany United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $49,166 (USA)[1] |
The Ogre (German: Der Unhold) is a 1996 French-German-British war drama film directed by Volker Schlöndorff and starring John Malkovich, Gottfried John, Marianne Sägebrecht, Volker Spengler, Heino Ferch, Dieter Laser and Armin Mueller-Stahl. It was written by Jean-Claude Carrière and Schlöndorff, based on the novel The Erl-King by Michel Tournier. The story follows a simple man who recruits children to be Nazis in the belief that he is protecting them.