Oedipus Rex
Release Date: 1967-09-07
Overview: 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…
Rating: 6.737 / 10
Cast
Franco Citti
as Oedipus
Silvana Mangano
as Jocasta, Queen of Thebes (and unnamed Italian young mother)
Alida Valli
as Merope, Queen of Corinth
Carmelo Bene
as Creon
Julian Beck
as Tiresias
Crew
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Pier Paolo Pasolini - Director
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Pier Paolo Pasolini - Writer
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Dante Ferretti - Assistant Production Design
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Ernesta Cesetti - Hairstylist
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Lina D'Amico - Script Supervisor
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