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Antigone

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Original title

Antigoni

Year

1961

Running time

93 min.

Country

Greece

Director

Yorgos Javellas

Screenwriter

Yorgos Javellas. Play: Sofocles

Cast

Music

Arghyris Kounadis

Cinematography

Dinos Katsouridis

Producer

Norma Film Productions

Genre

Drama | Ancient Greece

Movie Groups

Sophocles Adaptations

Synopsis

In Thebes in ancient Greece, King Oedipus kills his father and marries his mother Jocasta, having two sons - Eteocles and Polyneices - and two daughters - Ismene and Antigone. King Oedipus dies a beggar in the exile after gouging out his own eye, and Eteocle agrees to reign in Thebes in alternating years with Polynices. However, he refuses to resign after the first year and Polynieces raises an army and attacks Thebes, and they kill each other. The ruler of Thebes Creon decrees that Eleocles should have an honorable burial while the body of the traitor Polyneices should be left on the battlefield to be eaten by the jackals and vultures. However, Antigone, who was betrothed to Creon's surviving son Haemon, defies Creon's orders and buries her brother.

Awards: 1961: Berlin Film Festival: Official Selection

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Antigone

1961

Yorgos Javellas

6.5

(93)