During the Greek summer in the war year of 1944, a German military unit sets up camp on the plateau of Thebes. Armed with a 16 mm camera, the captain of the unit, a former professor for classical Greek philology, comes up with the idea to film the myth of Oedipus.
Johnny Keln, a two-bit pimp, brings Mitsi, a hooker, and her young daughter Sonia to Athens. Ghosts from the past accelerate Johnny's downfall and in the eyes of his world he has hit rock bottom. There the only person who stands by him is young, guileless Sonia. But will Johnny, a murderer who...
