Oedipus Rex

Overview

Cast & Crew

Production House

The 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 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…

Run Time

1h 44m

Genre

Drama

Release Date

07 Sep 1967

Country

Italy

Language

Italian

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Director & Producers

Pier Paolo Pasolini
Director

Alfredo Bini
Producer

Top Billed 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)

Technical Team

Pier Paolo Pasolini
Writer Fausto Ancillai
Sound Mixer Otello Spila
Camera Operator Bruno Bruni
Still Photographer

Sophocles
Theatre Play Sergio Rubini
Assistant Camera Carlo Tarchi
Sound

Nino Baragli
Editor Giuseppe Ruzzolini
Director of Photography

Somafis

Arco Film

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