Synopsis
During the Greek summer in the war year of 1944, a German military unit sets up camp on the plateau of Thebes. Armed with a 16 mm camera, the captain of the unit, a former professor for classical Greek philology, comes up with the idea to film the myth of Oedipus.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
4 audience votes
Key crew
- Rainer SimonDirector
- Franz FühmannWriter
- Ulrich PlenzdorfWriter
- Rainer SimonWriter
Cast
- Matthias HabichHauptmann / Teiresias
- Sebastian HartmannGefreiter / Ödipus
- Tatiana LygariGriechische Schauspielerin / Königin Iokaste
- Jan Josef LiefersObergefreiter / Kameramann
- Christos TsagasGriechischer Schauspieler / Kreon
- Klaus PönitzHauptfeldwebel
- Giorgos MoshidisBauer aus Theben
- Nikos PapakonstantinouBote aus Korinth
- Peter ZimmermannFunker
- Wilfried LollKoch / Wagenlenker Laios
- Jörg SimonidesLKW-Fahrer
- Hagen OechelKübelfahrer / Requisiteur