Antigone
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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. When Creon is reported of the attitude of Antigone, he sentences her to be placed in a tomb alive. Antigone hangs herself in the tomb and Haemon tries to kill his father first and then he kills himself with his sword...
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Irene Papas
Antigone
Known for
The Odyssey
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Manos Katrakis
Creon
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Voyage to Cythera
Maro Kodou
Ismene
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Nikos Kazis
Haemon
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Ilia Livykou
Eurydice
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Giannis Argyris
Sentry
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The Ogre of Athens
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Byron Pallis
A Messenger
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Θύελλα Στο Σπίτι Των Ανέμων
Το 13ο Κιβώτιο
Tzavalas Karousos
Tieresias
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Phaedra
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Thodoros Moridis
First Elder of Thebes
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Madalena
The garden with the statues
Giorgos Vlahopoulos
Elder of Thebes
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The Counterfeit Coin
Dating Agency
Yorgos Karetas
Elder of Thebes
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A Ripple in the Pond
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Thodoros Kefalopoulos
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Yorgos Tzavellas Director · Sophocles Story Arghyris Kounadis Composer
First release May 31, 1961 · Produced in Greece · Original title Αντιγόνη
Production
Norma Film Productions
Production
Greece
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Original title
Αντιγόνη
Original language
Greek
Spoken on screen
Greek
Release dates
Greece · May 31, 1961
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Russia
August 15, 1968 · Theatrical
September 9, 1968 · Theatrical · (Moscow)
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