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.
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
Matthias Mertens
Herold / Fahrradmelder
Marian Wolf
1. Kradfahrer
Frank Haberland
2. Kradfahrer
Volker Ranisch
Posten am Tor
Kyriakos Sarantis
Alter Thebaner
Hristos Nikitaidis
Opferjunge
Jannis Midronatsios
Vater des Opferjungen
Athanasia Maladra
Mutter des Opferjungen
Andreas Marianos
Feldjäger
Vasilis Ladas
Opferpriester
Herbert Sand
Maskenbildner
Crew
Rainer Simon
Director, Writer
Ulrich Plenzdorf
Writer
Franz Fühmann
Writer
Helga Gentz
Editor
Margrit Brusendorf
Assistant Editor
Roland Dressel
Cinematography
Andreas Kleinert
Assistant Director
Hans Poppe
Production Design
Susanne Carow
Costume Supervisor
Riana Kounou
Costume Design
Günther Heidemann
Costume Design
Karolina Jelinková
Costume Design
Argyro Kouroupou
Makeup Artist
Ursula Funk
Makeup Artist
Klaus Friedrich
Makeup Artist
Christfried Sobczyk
Sound Mixer
Jürgen Mathuschek
Sound
Uwe Wiesner
Sound
Norbert Lude
Lighting Artist
Yannis A. Papadimitriou
Lighting Artist
Friedrich Schenker
Music
Lutz Pinnow
Propmaker
Jörg Danneberg
Propmaker
Wolfgang Bajorat
Production Manager
Dorothea Hildebrandt
Production Manager
Miroslav Smrček
Unit Manager
Lutz Richter-Mendau
Unit Manager
Haris Kondorouga
Unit Manager
Günter Berger
Unit Manager
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