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Oedipus Rex (1967)

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…

Release: 1967-09-07
Runtime: 104 min
Rating: 6.751 / 10
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
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Ahmed Belhachmi
Polybus, King of Corinth
Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia
Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia
Sacerdote
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Giandomenico Davoli
Pastore di Polibo
Ninetto Davoli
Ninetto Davoli
Angelo
Laura Betti
Laura Betti
Jocasta's Maid (uncredited)
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Pier Paolo Pasolini
High Priest (uncredited)
Isabel Ruth
Isabel Ruth
Jocasta's Maid with a Lamb (uncredited)