Oedipus Rex

Oedipus Rex (1967)

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Pasolini’s Terrifying… Compassionate… Magnificent…

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…

Date of release
1967-09-07
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (374)
Runtime
1h 45m
Genres
Drama
Director
Pier Paolo Pasolini

Casting

  • Franco Citti — Oedipus
  • Silvana Mangano — Jocasta, Queen of Thebes (and unnamed Italian young mother)
  • Alida Valli — Merope, Queen of Corinth
  • Carmelo Bene — Creon
  • Julian Beck — Tiresias
  • Luciano Bartoli — Laius, King of Thebes (and unnamed Italian young father)
  • Francesco Leonetti — Servo di Laio
  • Ahmed Belhachmi — Polybus, King of Corinth
  • Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia — Sacerdote
  • Giandomenico Davoli — Pastore di Polibo
  • Ninetto Davoli — Angelo
  • Laura Betti — Jocasta's Maid (uncredited)

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