Overview
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 as Hauptmann / Teiresias
- Sebastian Hartmann as Gefreiter / Ödipus
- Tatiana Lygari as Griechische Schauspielerin / Königin Iokaste
- Jan Josef Liefers as Obergefreiter / Kameramann
- Christos Tsagas as Griechischer Schauspieler / Kreon
- Klaus Pönitz as Hauptfeldwebel
- Giorgos Moshidis as Bauer aus Theben
- Nikos Papakonstantinou as Bote aus Korinth
- Peter Zimmermann as Funker
- Wilfried Loll as Koch / Wagenlenker Laios