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.
Rainer Simon
Director, Writer
Franz Fühmann
Writer
Ulrich Plenzdorf
Writer
Matthias Habich
Hauptmann / Teiresias
Sebastian Hartmann
Gefreiter / Ödipus
Tatiana Lygari
Griechische Schauspielerin / Königin Iokaste
Jan Josef Liefers
Obergefreiter / Kameramann
Christos Tsagas
Griechischer Schauspieler / Kreon
Klaus Pönitz
Hauptfeldwebel
Giorgos Moshidis
Bauer aus Theben
Nikos Papakonstantinou
Bote aus Korinth
Peter Zimmermann
Funker
Jacknife63%
The Kill Team64%
Waiting for Anya62%
Ararat61%
Sahara64%
Jarhead: Law of Return65%
Behold a Pale Horse60%
Der Fuchs71%
In Liebe, eure Hilde70%
Walking with the Enemy62%
Boudica58%
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell68%
The Scarlet and the Black70%
Lauf Junge lauf71%
Seal Team Eight: Behind Enemy Lines60%
Fires Were Started60%
Fort Bliss64%
Lebenszeichen65%
Birdy71%
The Beast70%
