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Der Fall Ö.

7.819911h 35mMovieDramaWar

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.

DirectorRainer Simon
WritersUlrich Plenzdorf·Franz Fühmann

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Cast · Directed by Rainer Simon

MHMatthias Habich
Matthias Habich
Hauptmann / Teiresias
SH
Sebastian Hartmann
Gefreiter / Ödipus
TLTatiana Lygari
Tatiana Lygari
Griechische Schauspielerin / Königin Iokaste
JLJan Josef Liefers
Jan Josef Liefers
Obergefreiter / Kameramann
CTChristos Tsagas
Christos Tsagas
Griechischer Schauspieler / Kreon
KP
Klaus Pönitz
Hauptfeldwebel
GMGiorgos Moshidis
Giorgos Moshidis
Bauer aus Theben
NP
Nikos Papakonstantinou
Bote aus Korinth
PZPeter Zimmermann
Peter Zimmermann
Funker
WLWilfried Loll
Wilfried Loll
Koch / Wagenlenker Laios
JS
Jörg Simonides
LKW-Fahrer
HO
Hagen Oechel
Kübelfahrer / Requisiteur

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