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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.
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- Date night
- Friends night
- Teens
Where to watch
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Cast
9 of 9
Matthias HabichHauptmann / Teiresias
Tatiana LygariGriechische Schauspielerin / Königin Iokaste
Jan Josef LiefersObergefreiter / Kameramann
Christos TsagasGriechischer Schauspieler / Kreon
Giorgos MoshidisBauer aus Theben
Peter ZimmermannFunker
Wilfried LollKoch / Wagenlenker Laios
Marian Wolf1. Kradfahrer
Andreas MarianosFeldjäger
Crew
- Directed by
- Rainer Simon
- Written by
- Ulrich Plenzdorf, Rainer Simon, Franz Fühmann
- Produced by
- Miroslav Smrček, Wolfgang Bajorat, Lutz Richter-Mendau
- Music by
- Friedrich Schenker
Everyone
Pick a department, or search for a name or a job (“editor”, “stunt”).
Facts
April 3, 1991 · 1 h 35 min · Violence, Disturbing Imagery
- Released
- April 3, 1991
- Runtime
- 1 h 35 min
- Content
- Violence, Disturbing Imagery
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Original language
- German
- Also spoken
- Greek
- Made in
- Germany, XG
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