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.
Matthias Habich
as Hauptmann / Teiresias
Sebastian Hartmann
as Gefreiter / Ödipus
Τατιάνα Λύγαρη
as Griechische Schauspielerin / Königin Iokaste
Jan Josef Liefers
as Obergefreiter / Kameramann
Χρήστος Τσάγκας
as Griechischer Schauspieler / Kreon
Klaus Pönitz
as Hauptfeldwebel
Γιώργος Μοσχίδης
as Bauer aus Theben
Νίκος Παπακωνσταντίνου
as Bote aus Korinth
Peter Zimmermann
as Funker
Wilfried Loll
as Koch / Wagenlenker Laios
Jörg Simonides
as LKW-Fahrer
Hagen Oechel
as Kübelfahrer / Requisiteur
