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.
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
- Heino Ferch as SS Officer Raufeisen
- Dieter Laser as Professor Blättchen
- Agnès Soral as Rachel
- Sasha Hanau as Martine
- Vernon Dobtcheff as Lawyer