Oedipus Rex

Oedipus Rex
1967Drama104 mins
★★★★★

Plot

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 na... read more

  • Pier Paolo Pasolini

    Director

  • Pier Paolo Pasolini

    Writer

  • Sophocles

    Theatre Play

  • Giuseppe Ruzzolini

    Director of Photography

  • Nino Baragli

    Editor

  • 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)

    • 4.0

    Runtime

    104 minutes

    Released

    1967-09-07

    Languages

    Italiano

    Română

    Countries

    Italy

    Morocco

    Studios

    Somafis

    Arco Film

    Updated

    497 days ago

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