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Oedipus Rex
1967, Sep 07
1h 44m
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…
Directed by
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Written by
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Julian Beck
Tiresia
Silvana Mangano
Giocasta
Alida Valli
Merope
Ninetto Davoli
Angelo
Laura Betti
Jocasta's Maid (uncredited)
Franco Citti
Edipo
Luciano Bartoli
Laio
Isabel Ruth
Jocasta's Maid with a Lamb (uncredited)
Carmelo Bene
Creonte
Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia
Sacerdote
Francesco Leonetti
Servo di Laio
Ahmed Bellashmi
Polibo
Giandomenico Davoli
Pastore di Polibo
Walter Fabrizio
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