Movie
Oedipus Rex (1967)
Pasolini’s Terrifying… Compassionate… Magnificent…
- Sep 7, 1967
- 1h 45m
TMDB user score
6.8/10
376 votes on TMDB
Story
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…
Synopsis from TMDB.
Trailer
Oedipus Rex (1967) Original Trailer [FHD] · plays from YouTube
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Cast
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Franco Citti
Oedipus
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Silvana Mangano
Jocasta, Queen of Thebes (and unnamed Italian young mother)
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Alida Valli
Merope, Queen of Corinth
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Carmelo Bene
Creon
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Julian Beck
Tiresias
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Luciano Bartoli
Laius, King of Thebes (and unnamed Italian young father)
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Francesco Leonetti
Servo di Laio
- Ahmed Belhachmi Polybus, King of Corinth
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Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia
Sacerdote
- Giandomenico Davoli Pastore di Polibo
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Ninetto Davoli
Angelo
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Laura Betti
Jocasta's Maid (uncredited)
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Pier Paolo Pasolini
High Priest (uncredited)
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Isabel Ruth
Jocasta's Maid with a Lamb (uncredited)
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