The Ogre (1996) on Netflix
Falsely accused of assaulting a girl, French mechanic Abel Tiffauges is conscripted when the war begins. Taken prisoner, he is sent to East Prussia and catches the eye of a German forester.
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Plot summary
Abel Tiffauges is a French orphan raised at a strict Catholic boarding school, where pupils bully him and the teachers punish him. He grows attached to Nestor, an older boy who shields him and tells him adventure stories, and when a fire breaks out at the school Abel comes to believe that fate watches over him. As an adult he works as a mechanic in Paris, photographs local children, and keeps a strong affinity for animals. A girl falsely accuses him of assault, and his trial is interrupted by the start of the Second World War; instead of prison he is conscripted into the French army. When Germany invades France, Abel is taken prisoner and sent to a camp in East Prussia.
Cast
- Sasha Hanauas Martine
- Ilja Smoljanskias Ephraim
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Ogre (1996)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Göring's hunting lodge was rebuilt at Babelsberg for the film, while much of the school material was shot at Malbork Castle in Poland, which the Los Angeles Times called one of the major monuments of the Teutonic Knights.
- Michael Nyman's score was written for brass, saxophones and percussion, and he later revisited the music on the 2006 album Nyman Brass, performed by Wingates Band, which transcribed the woodwind material for brass.
