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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Cast
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
Wilfried Loll
Koch / Wagenlenker Laios
Jörg Simonides
LKW-Fahrer
Hagen Oechel
Kübelfahrer / Requisiteur
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