Film

Antigone

6.019921h 40mDrama

Director: Jean-Marie Straub
Year: 1992

A fearless Antigone, refusing to allow the dishonored body of her murdered brother Polynices to be devoured by vultures and dogs, defies the Thebian tyrant Creon by burying him.

Top cast

Astrid Ofner

Antigone

Ursula Ofner

Ismene

Werner Rehm

Kreon

Hans Diehl

Die Alten

Kurt Radeke

Die Alten

Michael Maassen

Die Alten

Rainer Philippi

Die Alten

Lars Studer

Wächter

Stephan Wolf-Schönburg

Hämon

Albert Hetterle

Tiresias

Libgart Schwarz

Botin

Mario di Mattia

Knabe

Directed by

Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet

Written by

Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet

Produced by

Danièle Huillet, Martine Marignac, Jean-Marie Straub, Regina Ziegler