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.
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Box office
Grossed $50.9K worldwide
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Based on
Based on the novel The Erl-King
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Filming locations
Filmed in Paris
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Sequels
Followed by Enemy Zero
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Music
Music by Michael Nyman
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Bruno de Keyzer
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Michel TournierNovel
- Jean-Claude CarrièreScreenplay
- Volker SchlöndorffScreenplay
- Original title
- Der Unhold
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 12, 1996
- Original language
- German
- Revenue
- $50.9K
- Countries
- France, Germany, Poland, United Kingdom
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In the United States
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Cast
John MalkovichAbel
Armin Mueller-StahlCount von Kaltenborn
Gottfried JohnChief Forester
Marianne SägebrechtFrau Netta
Volker SpenglerFieldmarshall Hermann Göring
Heino FerchSS Officer Raufeisen
Dieter LaserProfessor Blättchen
Agnès SoralRachel- Sasha HanauMartine
Vernon DobtcheffLawyer
Simon McBurneyBrigadier- Ilja SmoljanskiEphraim
Luc FlorianPrisoner of War #1
Laurent SpielvogelPrisoner of War #2
Marc DuretPrisoner of War #3- Philippe SturbellePrisoner of War #4
Jacques CironState Attorney
Patrick FloersheimPolice Captain- Caspar SalmonYoung Abel
- Daniel SmithNestor
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