The ogre [dvd] Studio Canal ; a German French British coproduction of Studio Babelsberg, Germany, Renn Productions, France, Recorded Picture Company, UK present a Volker Schln̲dorff film ; screenplay, Jean-Claude Carrier ̌and Volker Schln̲dorff ; produced by Ingrid Windisch ; director, Volker Schln̲dorff.
Title from container. Based on the novel Le roi des aulnes by Michel Tournier. Originally released as a motion picture in 1996. John Malkovich, Marianne Sagebrecht, Gottfried John, Volker Spengler, Heino Ferch, Agnes Soral, Armin Mueller-Stahl.
Summary:
Abel Tiffauges, a French mechanic and recluse who feels children are his only friends, is falsely accused of molestation by a young girl and thrown into prison. He is allowed to join the army on the eve of the Second World War, and quickly becomes a POW who is first given a job on Hermann Goering's estate and then is sent to a castle to work for a German officer. Once again, he gets to be with children-- only this time, it is as a recruiter of German boys for an elite training camp.
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