Der Fall Ö. (1991)

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.

Producers	DEFA, TORO-Film GmbH Berlin, MaxCapita
Original title	Der Fall Ö.
Directors	Rainer Simon, Andreas Kleinert
Writers	Franz Fühmann, Rainer Simon, Ulrich Plenzdorf

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

Jörg Simonides

as LKW-Fahrer

Hagen Oechel

as Kübelfahrer / Requisiteur

Matthias Mertens

as Herold / Fahrradmelder

Marian Wolf

as 1. Kradfahrer

Frank Haberland

as 2. Kradfahrer

Volker Ranisch

as Posten am Tor

Kyriakos Sarantis

as Alter Thebaner

Hristos Nikitaidis

as Opferjunge

Jannis Midronatsios

as Vater des Opferjungen

Athanasia Maladra

as Mutter des Opferjungen

Andreas Marianos

as Feldjäger

Vasilis Ladas

as Opferpriester

Herbert Sand

as Maskenbildner