Der Fall Ö. (1991)

Director: Rainer Simon

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