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Drama, War - 1996
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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
Cast:
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Heino Ferch
,
Gottfried John
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John Malkovich
,
Armin Mueller-Stahl
,
Volker Spengler
,
Marianne Sägebrecht

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Details

Runtime:
113 min
Release date:
12 Sep 1996
Country:
FR, DE, PL, GB
Languages:
English, French, German, Hebrew (modern), Latin, Russian
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$50,935
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
Schlondorff and Jean-Claude Carriere find in Michel Tournier's novel a companion piece to their earlier Gunter Grass adaptation, The Tin Drum.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
fresh:
Episodic and vaguely surreal, it is the antithesis of a Hollywood film that tells us what to feel. Having unfolded an ever-widening series of moral questions, it deliberately leaves them hanging.
– Stephen Holden,
New York Times,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
With his slightly cross- eyed gaze of wonderment mixed with ferocious intensity, Malkovich makes Abel both childlike and frightening.
– Peter Stack,
San Francisco Chronicle,
1 Jan 2000
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