Oedipus Rex
- 1967 (IT)
- Drama
- 1h 45m
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Pasolini’s Terrifying… Compassionate… Magnificent…
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Top Cast10
Ninetto DavoliAngelo
Silvana ManganoJocasta, Queen of Thebes (and unnamed Italian young mother)
Alida ValliMerope, Queen of Corinth
Julian BeckTiresias
Laura BettiJocasta's Maid (uncredited)
Franco CittiOedipus
Luciano BartoliLaius, King of Thebes (and unnamed Italian young father)
Isabel RuthJocasta's Maid with a Lamb (uncredited)
Carmelo BeneCreon
Giovanni Ivan ScratugliaSacerdote
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Storyline
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…
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Pasolini’s Terrifying… Compassionate… Magnificent…Genre
- Drama
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Release date
1967-09-07 (United States)Country of origin
- Italy
Language
- Italian
Also known as
Edipo reFilming location
- Italy
Production companies
- Somafis
- Arco Film
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