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Antigone

Jan 1, 1964 · 9m
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Drama

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The classical Epic is reduced to the bare bones of the action. Despite the seven minutes of turbulent action, it is actually a slow film: in the war against Kreon, one of Antigone's brothers fights for the king, one against him. Both die. One of them is buried; the other is left lying on the street. Antigone goes against the king's wishes and wants to bury her brother. As a punishment Antigone is buried alive behind a wall. Her fiancé, Haimon dies, overcome with grief. Haiman's mother, Eurydike, is so upset by his death that she hangs herself. And just as the old soothsayer predicted, the king himself finds no happiness from all this death: he is killed. That makes 6 deaths, even though the war is over.

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CAST

Heide Sparmann
Antigone
Robert Roeschke
Kreon
Surja Balodis
Theiresias
Rainer Dietz
Haimon
Directed by Ula Stöckl

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Hochschule für Gestaltung Ulm
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