Der Unhold (1996)
Directed by Volker Schlöndorff
Drama
Der Unhold (1996)
Film Synopsis
A simpleminded man, Abel is captured during the war and ends up in a prisoner-of-war camp. He is charged with a special task: to scour the region for children, which he must take back to the castle of the Count of Kaltenborn. He realises too late that his young protégés are trained to become warriors...© James Travers
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Film Credits
- Director: Volker Schlöndorff
- Script: Jean-Claude Carrière, Volker Schlöndorff, Michel Tournier (novel)
- Cinematographer: Bruno de Keyzer
- Music: Michael Nyman
- Cast: John Malkovich (Abel Tiffauges), Gottfried John (Chief Forrester), Marianne Sägebrecht (Mrs. Netta), Volker Spengler (Fieldmarshall Hermann Goering), Heino Ferch (SS Officer Raufeisen), Dieter Laser (Prof. Blaettchen), Agnès Soral (Rachel), Sasha Hanau (Martine), Vernon Dobtcheff (Lawyer), Simon McBurney (Brigadier), Ilja Smoljanski (Ephraim), Luc Florian (Prisoner-of-War), Laurent Spielvogel (Prisoner-of-War), Marc Duret (Prisoner-of-War), Philippe Sturbelle (Prisoner-of-War), Armin Mueller-Stahl (Count von Kaltenborn), Jacques Ciron (Attorney), Patrick Floersheim (Police Inspector), Caspar Salmon (Young Abel), Daniel Smith (Nestor)
- Country: France / Germany / UK
- Language: English / German / French
- Support: Color
- Runtime: 118 min
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