The Ogre (1996 film)

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The Ogre
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)
Release date	12 September 1996 (1996-09-12)
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.