Oedipus the King (1968)
This classic Greek tale tells how a noble youth accidentally marries his own mother, kills his own father and ends up paying a terrible price for invoking the wrath of the Gods.
- Date of release
- 1968-06-01
- TMDB
- 6.0 / 10 (6)
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Philip Saville
Casting
- Christopher Plummer — Oedipus
- Lilli Palmer — Jocasta
- Richard Johnson — Creon
- Orson Welles — Tiresias
- Cyril Cusack — Messenger
- Roger Livesey — Shepherd
- Donald Sutherland — Chorus Leader
- Friedrich von Ledebur — King Laius
- Dimos Starenios — Priest
- Alexis Mann — Palace Official
- Oenone Luke — Antigone
- Cressida Luke — Xemene
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