Oedipus Rex
- 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 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…
Release Date : 1967-09-07
Language :ItalianRomanian
Adult : false
Status : Released
Production Company : SomafisArco Film
Production Country : Italy
Alternative Titles :
Cast
Character Name : Giocasta
Original Name : Silvana Mangano
Gender : Female
Character Name : Edipo
Original Name : Franco Citti
Gender : Male
Character Name : Merope
Original Name : Alida Valli
Gender : Female
Character Name : Creonte
Original Name : Carmelo Bene
Gender : Male
Character Name : Tiresia
Original Name : Julian Beck
Gender : Male
Character Name : Laio
Original Name : Luciano Bartoli
Gender : Male
Character Name : Servo di Laio
Original Name : Francesco Leonetti
Gender : Male
Character Name : Polibo
Original Name : Ahmed Bellashmi
Gender : Male
Character Name : Sacerdote
Original Name : Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia
Gender : Male
Character Name : Pastore di Polibo
Original Name : Giandomenico Davoli
Gender : Male
Character Name : Angelo
Original Name : Ninetto Davoli
Gender : Male
Character Name : Jocasta's Maid (uncredited)
Original Name : Laura Betti
Gender : Female
Character Name : High Priest (uncredited)
Original Name : Pier Paolo Pasolini
Gender : Male
Character Name : Jocasta's Maid with a Lamb (uncredited)
Original Name : Isabel Ruth
Gender : Female
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