Der Fall Ö.
1991, German. Directed by Rainer Simon.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
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Cast & crew
- Rainer SimonDirector
- Matthias HabichHauptmann / Teiresias
- Sebastian HartmannGefreiter / Ödipus
- Tatiana LygariGriechische Schauspielerin / Königin Iokaste
- Jan Josef LiefersObergefreiter / Kameramann
- Christos TsagasGriechischer Schauspieler / Kreon
- Klaus PönitzHauptfeldwebel
- Giorgos MoshidisBauer aus Theben
- Nikos PapakonstantinouBote aus Korinth
- Peter ZimmermannFunker
- Wilfried LollKoch / Wagenlenker Laios
- Jörg SimonidesLKW-Fahrer
- Hagen OechelKübelfahrer / Requisiteur
Details
- Released
- 3 April 1991
- Country
- Germany, East Germany
- Written by
- Ulrich Plenzdorf, Franz Fühmann, Rainer Simon
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Der Fall Ö. runs 95 minutes (1h 35m).
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Der Fall Ö. isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 3 April 1991. (Checked 6 November 2026.)
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Who directed Der Fall Ö.?
Der Fall Ö. (1991) was directed by Rainer Simon and stars Matthias Habich, Sebastian Hartmann, Tatiana Lygari.