Antigone (1992)

Summary: A teenaged girl is executed for going against a king's wishes and honoring her brother's death.

Release Date: September 02, 1992

Genre: Drama

Directors: Danièle Huillet

, Jean-Marie Straub

Writers: Bertolt Brecht

, Friedrich Hölderlin

, Sophocles

Runtime: 1 h 40 min

Production: Regina Ziegler Filmproduktion, Pierre Grise Productions, Produktion Straub-Huillet, Berliner Filmförderung, Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA), Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)

Countries: Germany, France

Language: German

The Year of the Cannibals (1969)

Summary: The streets of a big city are full of dead bodies but people seem not to notice and pass by indifferently. At the behest of the authorities, the bodies of those citizens who were killed because the rebels should serve as a warning...

Release Date: April 30, 1970

Genre: Drama

Director: Liliana Cavani

Writers: Liliana Cavani

, Italo Moscati

, Sophocles

Runtime: 1 h 28 min

MPAA: GP

Production: Doria, San Marco

Distributor: American International Pictures (AIP)

Country: Italy

Language: Italian

Oedipus Rex (1957)

Summary: The land ruled by King Oedipus is plagued by ill-fortune and the people are promised relief by the gods if the slayer of the former king is apprehended and punished. This does not bode well for King Oedipus and his Queen. (Perform...

Release Date: January 06, 1957

Genre: Drama

Directors: Tyrone Guthrie