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A GERMAN avant-garde director and his crew spent a night in police custody over a racy nude scene shot in one of Greece’s top monuments, a culture ministry source said yesterday.
Matthias Langhoff, 73, a naturalized French citizen, ran afoul of authorities while filming in the ancient theater of Epidaurus in the Peloponnese late on Wednesday.
Site guards intervened after midnight when one of the actresses disrobed and, according to reports, began simulating a sex act in the stands.
“A case has been opened by the police, on the charge of insulting a sacred site,” a culture ministry source said.
The official said Langhoff had secured the necessary permission to film in the theater after visiting hours, but the nude scene was not part of the script he submitted.
“Permission was given for a documentary on the director’s life. The organizers pledged to respect the site,” he said.
Another source said the organizers spent the night in detention in the town of Nafplio until the case was processed, and were set free on Thursday.
Greece imposes strict rules on the use of its archaeological sites and frequently rejects filming and advertising requests.
Langhoff alarmed the audience at Epidaurus in 1997 with a production of Euripides’ Bacchae in which an actor appeared nude on stage.
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