Oedipus Rex (1957)
A Shattering Experience!
The story of Oedipus' gradual discovery of his primal crime, killing his father and marrying his mother, filmed by the famed British theatrical director Sir Tyrone Guthrie. This elegant version of Sophocles' play adds a brilliant stroke: the actors wear masks just as the Greeks did in the playwright's day.
- Date of release
- 1957-01-06
- TMDB
- 6.0 / 10 (10)
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Tyrone Guthrie
Casting
- Douglas Campbell — Oedipus
- Eleanor Stuart — Jocasta
- Robert Goodier — Creon
- Donald Davis — Tiresias
- Douglas Rain — Messenger
- William Hutt — Chorus Leader
- Tony Van Bridge — Man From Corinth
- Eric House — Shepherd / Old Priest
- Robert Christie — Chorus
- Ted Follows — Chorus
- David Gardner — Chorus
- Bruno Gerussi — Chorus
Interesting facts
- Based on: Oedipus Rex
Oedipus Rex is a 1957 tragedy film, a film version of the Canadian Stratford Festival production of the William Butler Yeats adaptation of the play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles.
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