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The Ogre

1996 · 113 min

A slow, unsettling immersion into a naive man's distorted world, where innocence and complicity blur under the weight of history.

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.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • war
  • identity
  • isolation
  • obsession
  • fate
Places
  • countryside
  • single country house
  • school
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour1
Realism7
Romance0
Tension5
Darkness8
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, war
Directed by
Volker Schlöndorff
Written by
Volker Schlöndorff, Jean-Claude Carrière
Starring
John Malkovich, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Gottfried John, Marianne Sägebrecht, Volker Spengler, Heino Ferch, Dieter Laser, Agnès Soral
Music
Michael Nyman
Cinematography
Bruno de Keyzer
Runtime
113 min
Country
France, Germany, Poland, United Kingdom
Languages
English, French, German, Hebrew, Latin, Russian

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