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.
Released: Apr 03, 1991
Runtime: 95 minutes
Stars: Matthias Habich, Sebastian Hartmann, Tatiana Lygari, Jan Josef Liefers, Christos Tsagas, Klaus Pönitz
Crew: Ulrich Plenzdorf (Writer), Hans Poppe (Production Design), Wolfgang Bajorat (Production Manager), Dorothea Hildebrandt (Production Manager), Franz Fühmann (Writer), Christfried Sobczyk (Sound Mixer)