Oedipus Rex

Oedipus Rex

1967
1h 44m
6.8

6.8/10

362 votes • View on IMDb
Drama

"Pasolini’s Terrifying… Compassionate… Magnificent…"

Overview

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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Production Information

Production Companies
Somafis Arco Film
Production Countries
Italy
Spoken Languages
Italian

Quick Facts

Original Title Edipo re
Release Date September 7, 1967
Status Released
Language IT
IMDb ID tt0061613

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
Ahmed Belhachmi

Polybus, King of Corinth

Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia
Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia

Sacerdote

Giandomenico Davoli
Giandomenico Davoli

Pastore di Polibo

Ninetto Davoli
Ninetto Davoli

Angelo

Laura Betti
Laura Betti

Jocasta's Maid (uncredited)

Key Crew

Pier Paolo Pasolini
Director
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Writer
Alfredo Bini
Producer