The read
Critics rate it 21 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes89%
Critics rate it 21 points higher than audiences do.
49 audience votes
Key crew
- Volker SchlöndorffDirector
- Michael NymanOriginal Music Composer
- Jean-Claude CarrièreScreenplay
- Volker SchlöndorffScreenplay
Cast
- John MalkovichAbel
- Armin Mueller-StahlCount von Kaltenborn
- Gottfried JohnChief Forester
- Marianne SägebrechtFrau Netta
- Volker SpenglerFieldmarshall Hermann Göring
- Heino FerchSS Officer Raufeisen
- Dieter LaserProfessor Blättchen
- Agnès SoralRachel
- Sasha HanauMartine
- Vernon DobtcheffLawyer
- Simon McBurneyBrigadier
- Ilja SmoljanskiEphraim
Stills
Themes
based on novel or bookworld war iihitler youthmilitary schoolnazi collaborationismnazismnazi germany