Canada / Sep 13, 1996 / Toronto International Film Festival
1h 53min
Overall average
5.0/10
Trailer
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Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Agnès Soral | Rachel |
| Sasha Hanau | Martine |
| Vernon Dobtcheff | Lawyer |
| Simon McBurney | Brigadier |
| Ilja Smoljanski | Ephraim |
| Luc Florian | Prisoner of War #1 |
| Laurent Spielvogel | Prisoner of War #2 |
| Marc Duret | Prisoner of War #3 |
| Philippe Sturbelle | Prisoner of War #4 |
| Jacques Ciron | State Attorney |
| Patrick Floersheim | Police Captain |
| Caspar Salmon | Young Abel |
| Daniel Smith | Nestor |
| Ryan O'Leary | Clément |
| Lars Albiez | Lothar |
| Claude Degen | Priest |
| Thierry Monfray | Teacher |
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| Jacques Brunet | Principal at School |
| Sylvie Huguel | Martine's Mother |
| Erick Deshors | Hervé |
| Jérôme Keen | Abel's Client |
| Lyèce Boukhitine | Ahmed |
| Christine Paolini | Nestor's Mother |
| Maximilian Haas | Napola Boy #1 |
| Robert Beyer | Napola Boy #2 |
| Norman Daugs | Napola Boy #3 |
| Joachim Paul Assböck | Messenger Officer |
| Bartosz Obuchowicz | Country Boy |
| Małgorzata Rożniatowska | Country Boy's Mother |
| Piotr Grabowski | German Officer |
| Andrzej Szenajch | Old Napola Teacher |
| Lothar Pinnig | Napola Teacher |
| Jerzy Orłowski | Disabled Officer |
| Norbert Rakowski | SS Man |
| Ilja Zmiejew | Russian Officer |
| Adolf Hitler | Self (archive footage) |
Genres
DramaWar
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Der Unhold |
| Original language | Deutsch (DE) |
| Spoken languages | English, Français, Deutsch, עִבְרִית, Latin, Pусский |
| Production countries | France, Germany, Poland, United Kingdom |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Recorded Picture Company, Renn Productions, Studio Babelsberg, UFA, Canal+, France 2 Cinéma, WDR, Heritage Films |
| Official site | heritage.com.pl |
| Release date | 12 settembre 1996 |
| Executive producer | Claude Berri, Lew Rywin, Jeremy Thomas |
| Production | Andreas Grosch, Rainer Simon, Pierre Couveinhes, Chris Auty, Gebhard Henke, Ingrid Windisch |
| Writer | Volker Schlöndorff, Michel Tournier, Jean-Claude Carrière |
| Casting | Gérard Moulévrier, Karin Müller-Grunewald, Magdalena Szwarcbart, Leo Davis, Karin Beewen |
| Editing | Nicolas Gaster |
| Cinematography | Bruno de Keyzer, Martin Kenzie, Patrick Camboulive, Albert Vasseur, Andrzej Przestrzelski, Olivier Ziebe, Isabelle Casez, Daniel Leterrier |
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Release dates
Premiere
United States / Dec 11, 1998 / New York City
China / Oct 13, 2013 / Festival of German Cinema in China
Theatrical release
Germany / Sep 12, 1996 / 12
France / Oct 02, 1996 / U
Poland / Oct 18, 1996
Türkiye / Jan 17, 1997
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Spain / Mar 05, 1997 / 18
Czechia / Dec 04, 1997 / U
Hungary / Feb 05, 1998
Portugal / May 08, 1998
Japan / Sep 08, 2001
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