"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
Michał Szczerbic
Arlette Danis
Martin Kenzie
Camera Operator
Marek Brodzki
Assistant Director
Bernhard Henrich
Set Decoration
Louis Malle
In Memory Of
Karin Müller-Grunewald
Casting
Gérard Moulévrier
Leo Davis
Magdalena Szwarcbart
Anna B. Sheppard
Costume Designer
Rainer Simon
Associate Producer
Felix Moeller
Researcher
Marcel Just
Beatrice Banfi
Roland Dhardiville
Andi Lang
Daniela Stenger
Karl-Heinz Uebelmann
Storyboard Artist
Unit Manager
Dorothee Specht
Production Coordinator
Daniel Leterrier
Isabelle Casez
Focus Puller
Albert Vasseur
Grip
Thorsten Johanningmeier
Second Unit Director
Heinz Röske
Art Direction
Susanne Hein
Property Buyer
Eliane Huss
Axel Zornow
Makeup Department Head
Waldemar Pokromski
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Andrea Teichmann
Makeup Artist
Karl-Heinz Laabs
Sound Mixer
Thomas Hezel
Script Supervisor
Gerd Willert
Boom Operator
Jimmy Corcoran
Hugo Gries
Foley Artist
Herbert Schulz
Joëlle Picaud
Location Manager
Elise Crosnier
Second Assistant Director
Olivier Ziebe
Still Photographer
Patrick Camboulive
Andrzej Przestrzelski
Roland Neunreuther
Stunt Coordinator
Georges Demetreau
Special Effects
Yasmine Bourbia
Nadine Dumas
Hairdresser
Jean-Louis Laher
Property Master
Bernhard Rolland
Robert Le Corre
Set Dresser
Michel Le François
Gaffer
Claude Berri
Executive Producer
Jeremy Thomas
Lew Rywin
Pierre Couveinhes
Chris Auty
Peter Przygodda
Creative Consultant
Volker Schlöndorff
Director
Gebhard Henke
Producer
Bruno de Keyzer
Director of Photography
Nicolas Gaster
Editor
Karin Beewen
Ezio Frigerio
Production Design
Michel Tournier
Novel
Jean-Claude Carrière
Screenplay
Michael Nyman
Original Music Composer
Ingrid Windisch
Agnieszka Chruściel
Assistant Production Manager
Didier Naert
Manfred Arbter
Rodney Glenn
Sound Editor