Movie Details
Original Language:German
Production Companies:Hochschule für Gestaltung Ulm
Cast & Crew
L
Lothar Spree
Director of Photography
F
Frieder Meyerhofer
Original Music Composer
Antigone
9 minDrama
Plot
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 Antigones 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 kings wishes and wants to bury her brother As a punishment Antigone is buried alive behind a wall Her fiancé Haimon dies overcome with grief Haimans 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
