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Oedipus Rex (1967)

Sep 7, 1967 · 1h 45m

6.8/10 TMDB user score
375 votes on TMDB

Pasolini’s Terrifying… Compassionate… Magnificent…

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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Top cast

  • Franco Citti Franco Citti Oedipus
  • Silvana Mangano Silvana Mangano Jocasta, Queen of Thebes (and unnamed Italian young mother)
  • Alida Valli Alida Valli Merope, Queen of Corinth
  • Carmelo Bene Carmelo Bene Creon
  • Julian Beck Julian Beck Tiresias
  • Luciano Bartoli Luciano Bartoli Laius, King of Thebes (and unnamed Italian young father)
  • Francesco Leonetti Francesco Leonetti Servo di Laio
  • Ahmed Belhachmi Polybus, King of Corinth
  • Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia Sacerdote
  • Giandomenico Davoli Pastore di Polibo
  • Ninetto Davoli Ninetto Davoli Angelo
  • Laura Betti Laura Betti Jocasta's Maid (uncredited)
  • Pier Paolo Pasolini Pier Paolo Pasolini High Priest (uncredited)
  • Isabel Ruth Isabel Ruth Jocasta's Maid with a Lamb (uncredited)

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