
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.
Fun facts
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Music
Music by Friedrich Schenker
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Roland Dressel
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Franz FühmannWriter
- Ulrich PlenzdorfWriter
- Rainer SimonWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- April 3, 1991
- Original language
- German
- Countries
- Germany, East Germany




























