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
• Release3 April 1991
• Genre
  Drama / War
• Duration1h 35m
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  7.3
  3 reviews
• Productions

  TORO-Film GmbH Berlin, MaxCapita, DEFA