Der Fall Ö. (1991)

7.8/10 95 min Drama War

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

Hauptmann / Teiresias

Tatiana Lygari

Griechische Schauspielerin / Königin Iokaste

Jan Josef Liefers

Obergefreiter / Kameramann

Christos Tsagas

Griechischer Schauspieler / Kreon

Giorgos Moshidis

Bauer aus Theben

Peter Zimmermann

Funker

Wilfried Loll

Koch / Wagenlenker Laios

Marian Wolf

1. Kradfahrer

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