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Oedipus Rex(1967)

Pasolini’s Terrifying… Compassionate… Magnificent…
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ReleasedDrama1h 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 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…

Budget:

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Directed by:

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Written by:

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Cast

Franco Citti thumbnail

Franco Citti

Oedipus

Silvana Mangano thumbnail

Silvana Mangano

Jocasta, Queen of Thebes (and unnamed Italian young mother)

Alida Valli thumbnail

Alida Valli

Merope, Queen of Corinth

Carmelo Bene thumbnail

Carmelo Bene

Creon

Julian Beck thumbnail

Julian Beck

Tiresias

Luciano Bartoli thumbnail

Luciano Bartoli

Laius, King of Thebes (and unnamed Italian young father)

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