Oedipus the King

Oedipus the King
1968Drama97 mins

Plot

This classic Greek tale tells how a noble youth accidentally marries his own mother, kills his own father and ends up paying a terrible price for invoking the wrath of the Gods.

  • Philip Saville

    Director

  • Michael Luke

    Screenplay

  • Philip Saville

    Screenplay

  • Paul Roche

    Theatre Play

  • Sophocles

    Theatre Play

  • Walter Lassally

    Director of Photography

  • Christopher Plummer

    Oedipus

  • Lilli Palmer

    Jocasta

  • Richard Johnson

    Creon

  • Orson Welles

    Tiresias

  • Donald Sutherland

    Chorus Leader

  • Cyril Cusack

    Messenger

  • Roger Livesey

    Shepherd

  • Runtime

    97 minutes

    Released

    1968-06-01

    Languages

    English

    Updated

    55 days ago

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