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 Edipo (Oedipus), and brought up by the King and Queen of Corinth as their son. One day an oracle informs Edipo 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 6.8
  • Release Date: 1967-09-07
  • Runtime: 1h 44min
  • Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini

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    • Trailer

    Cast

    • Silvana Mangano

      Giocasta

    • Franco Citti

      Edipo

    • Alida Valli

      Merope

    • Carmelo Bene

      Creonte

    • Julian Beck

      Tiresia

    • Luciano Bartoli

      Laio

    • Francesco Leonetti

      Servo di Laio

    • Ahmed Bellashmi

      Polibo

    • 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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