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Oedipus Rex
Oedipus Rex

Oedipus Rex

1967 105 min ★ 6.8 Drama

In pre-war Italy, a young couple have a baby boy. The father, however, is jealous of his son - and the scene moves to antiquity, where the baby is taken into the desert to be killed. He is rescued, given the name Oedipus, and brought up by the King and Queen of Corinth as their son. One day an oracle informs Oedipus that he is destined to kill his father and marry his mother. Horrified, he flees Corinth and his supposed parents - only to get into a fight and kill an older man on the road…

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Cast

Franco Citti

Franco Citti

Oedipus

Silvana Mangano

Silvana Mangano

Jocasta, Queen of Thebes (and unnamed Italian young mother)

Alida Valli

Alida Valli

Merope, Queen of Corinth

Carmelo Bene

Carmelo Bene

Creon

Julian Beck

Julian Beck

Tiresias

Luciano Bartoli

Luciano Bartoli

Laius, King of Thebes (and unnamed Italian young father)

Francesco Leonetti

Francesco Leonetti

Servo di Laio

Ahmed Belhachmi

Polybus, King of Corinth

Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia

Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia

Sacerdote

Giandomenico Davoli

Pastore di Polibo

Details

Director

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Tagline

"Pasolini’s Terrifying… Compassionate… Magnificent…"

Status

Released

Original Language

IT

Production

Somafis, Arco Film

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