Antigone

Antigone (1961)

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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...

Director: Yorgos Tzavellas
Writer: Yorgos Tzavellas

Casts

	Irene Papas as Antigone
	Manos Katrakis as Creon
	Maro Kodou as Ismene
	Nikos Kazis as Haemon
	Ilia Livykou as Eurydice
	Giannis Argyris as Sentry
	Byron Pallis as A Messenger
	Tzavalas Karousos as Tieresias
	Thodoros Moridis as First Elder of Thebes
	Giorgos Vlahopoulos as Elder of Thebes
	Yorgos Karetas as Elder of Thebes
	Thodoros Kefalopoulos as Elder of Thebes
	Pavlos Rafeletos as Elder of Thebes
	Mimis Rougeris as Elder of Thebes
	Kostas Alatzas as Elder of Thebes
	Labros Kotsiris as people
	Giorgos Vrasivanopoulos as people
	Koula Agagiotou as people
	Giota Soimoiri as people
	Kostas Papakonstantinou as people

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