Antigone 

With fierce originality, this powerful adaptation of the Sophocles tragedy presents a world of honor, treachery and fateful consequences. Acclaimed actress Genevieve Bujold skillfully ... See full summary »

Director:

Gerald Freedman

Writers:

Jean Anouilh (play), Lewis Galantiere (English adaptation)

Stars:

Geneviève Bujold, Stacy Keach, Leah Chandler

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Geneviève Bujold	...	Antigone (as Genevieve Bujold)
Stacy Keach	...	Chorus
Leah Chandler	...	Ismene
James Naughton	...	Haemon
Fritz Weaver	...	Creon
Shawn McGill	...	Page
Peter Brandon	...	Messenger
Betty Miller	...	Eurydice
Aline MacMahon	...	Nurse
Louis Zorich	...	Jonas
Frederick Coffin	...	Second Guard
Edwin Owens	...	Third Guard

Storyline

With fierce originality, this powerful adaptation of the Sophocles tragedy presents a world of honor, treachery and fateful consequences. Acclaimed actress Genevieve Bujold skillfully combines elements of zealotry and idealism in her affecting portrait of Antigone. Jean Anouilh's retelling of "Antigone" stages the inescapably wrenching central confrontation between Antigone and Creon by presenting Bujold and Fritz Weaver seated at a long, executive-suite table--a hallmark of Anouilh's play. The New York Times critic, John J. O'Connor, lauded this "Antigone" as "well acted, well directed and beautifully staged."

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Plot Keywords:

sophocles | foreign language adaptation | character name in episode title | episode title spoken by character | death of main character | 

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Genres:

Music

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 February 1974 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

KQED, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Version of Antigoni (1961)

User Reviews

A bipolar version of antigone

If you were trapped on a desert island with a choice of only one movie and you were hoping to find something that would drive you mad fastest, look to this pathetic version of antigone. it succeeds in transforming the tale of a woman who was passionate about her beliefs and family and her trapped sister to a tale of dumb(bipolar) and dumber (Ismene as a shallow annoyance who shows up in this film to point out the obvious and irritate the audience so we hope that she gets stampeded by wild horses in the end... alas she does not. too bad. may have made this discredit to sophocle's genius more exciting.

It is an insult/