"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."
John Malkovich
as Abel
Armin Mueller-Stahl
as Count von Kaltenborn
Gottfried John
as Chief Forester
Marianne Sägebrecht
as Frau Netta
Volker Spengler
as Fieldmarshall Hermann Göring
Heino Ferch
as SS Officer Raufeisen
Dieter Laser
as Professor Blättchen
Agnès Soral
as Rachel
Sasha Hanau
as Martine
Vernon Dobtcheff
as Lawyer
Simon McBurney
as Brigadier
Ilja Smoljanski
as Ephraim
Luc Florian
as Prisoner of War #1
Laurent Spielvogel
as Prisoner of War #2
Marc Duret
as Prisoner of War #3
Philippe Sturbelle
as Prisoner of War #4
Jacques Ciron
as State Attorney
Patrick Floersheim
as Police Captain
Caspar Salmon
as Young Abel
Daniel Smith
as Nestor
Ryan O'Leary
as Clément
Lars Albiez
as Lothar
Claude Degen
as Priest
Thierry Monfray
as Teacher
Jacques Brunet
as Principal at School
Sylvie Huguel
as Martine's Mother
Erick Deshors
as Hervé
Jérôme Keen
as Abel's Client
Lyèce Boukhitine
as Ahmed
Christine Paolini
as Nestor's Mother
Maximilian Haas
as Napola Boy #1
Robert Beyer
as Napola Boy #2
Norman Daugs
as Napola Boy #3
Joachim Paul Assböck
as Messenger Officer
Bartosz Obuchowicz
as Country Boy
Małgorzata Rożniatowska
as Country Boy's Mother
Piotr Grabowski
as German Officer
Andrzej Szenajch
as Old Napola Teacher
Lothar Pinnig
as Napola Teacher
Jerzy Orłowski
as Disabled Officer
Norbert Rakowski
as SS Man
Ilja Zmiejew
as Russian Officer
Adolf Hitler
as Self (archive footage)
Andreas Grosch
Line Producer
Dorothea Hildebrandt
Production Manager
Arlette Danis
Gérard Moulévrier
Casting
Leo Davis
Michał Szczerbic
Marek Brodzki
Assistant Director
Bernhard Henrich
Set Decoration
Louis Malle
In Memory Of
Martin Kenzie
Camera Operator
Magdalena Szwarcbart
Karin Müller-Grunewald
Felix Moeller
Researcher
Roland Dhardiville
Andrea Teichmann
Makeup Artist
Karl-Heinz Uebelmann
Storyboard Artist
Rainer Simon
Associate Producer
Jimmy Corcoran
Boom Operator
Anna B. Sheppard
Costume Designer
Albert Vasseur
Grip
Eliane Huss
Property Buyer
Joëlle Picaud
Location Manager
Olivier Ziebe
Still Photographer
Patrick Camboulive
Yasmine Bourbia
Susanne Hein
Andi Lang
Gerd Willert
Isabelle Casez
Focus Puller
Nadine Dumas
Hairdresser
Jean-Louis Laher
Property Master
Herbert Schulz
Foley Artist
Elise Crosnier
Second Assistant Director
Marcel Just
Daniela Stenger
Daniel Leterrier
Hugo Gries
Dorothee Specht
Production Coordinator
Robert Le Corre
Set Dresser
Unit Manager
Thorsten Johanningmeier
Second Unit Director
Georges Demetreau
Special Effects
Beatrice Banfi
Axel Zornow
Makeup Department Head
Karl-Heinz Laabs
Sound Mixer
Andrzej Przestrzelski
Heinz Röske
Art Direction
Roland Neunreuther
Stunt Coordinator
Bernhard Rolland
Thomas Hezel
Script Supervisor
Michel Le François
Gaffer
Waldemar Pokromski
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Pierre Couveinhes
Chris Auty
Claude Berri
Executive Producer
Lew Rywin
Peter Przygodda
Creative Consultant
Jeremy Thomas
Volker Schlöndorff
Director
Bruno de Keyzer
Director of Photography
Ezio Frigerio
Production Design
Karin Beewen
Gebhard Henke
Producer
Nicolas Gaster
Editor
Ingrid Windisch
Michael Nyman
Original Music Composer
Jean-Claude Carrière
Screenplay
Michel Tournier
Novel
Agnieszka Chruściel
Assistant Production Manager
Didier Naert
Rodney Glenn
Sound Editor
Manfred Arbter