Released:
1996-09-12

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.

Director:
Volker Schlöndorff

Runtime:
1h 53min

Genre:
Drama, War

• Cast:
• 
  John Malkovich
  as
  Abel
• 
  Armin Mueller-Stahl
  as
  Count von Kaltenborn
• 
  Gottfried John
  as
  Chief Forester
• 
  Marianne Sägebrecht
  as
  Frau Netta
• 
  Volker Spengler
  as
  Fieldmarshall Hermann Göring