Oedipus Rex

Oedipus Rex (1967)

Pasolini’s Terrifying… Compassionate… Magnificent…

Drama

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…

star 6.7
  • Release Date: 1967-09-07
  • Runtime: 1h 44min
  • Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini

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    • Trailer

    Cast

    • 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)

    • Pier Paolo Pasolini

      High Priest (uncredited)

    • Isabel Ruth

      Jocasta's Maid with a Lamb (uncredited)

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