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Oedipus Rex

Original title: Edipo re

Pasolini’s Terrifying… Compassionate… Magnificent…

  • Movie
  • 1967
  • 1h 45m

Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini

6.8

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6.8 out of 10 from 376 votes

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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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Cast and crew

  • Franco Citti

    Franco CittiOedipus

  • Silvana Mangano

    Silvana ManganoJocasta, Queen of Thebes (and unnamed Italian young mother)

  • Alida Valli

    Alida ValliMerope, Queen of Corinth

  • Carmelo Bene

    Carmelo BeneCreon

  • Julian Beck

    Julian BeckTiresias

  • Luciano Bartoli

    Luciano BartoliLaius, King of Thebes (and unnamed Italian young father)

  • Francesco Leonetti

    Francesco LeonettiServo di Laio

  • Ahmed BelhachmiPolybus, King of Corinth

  • Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia

    Giovanni Ivan ScratugliaSacerdote

  • Giandomenico DavoliPastore di Polibo

  • Ninetto Davoli

    Ninetto DavoliAngelo

  • Laura Betti

    Laura BettiJocasta's Maid (uncredited)

  • Pier Paolo Pasolini

    Pier Paolo PasoliniHigh Priest (uncredited)

  • Isabel Ruth

    Isabel RuthJocasta's Maid with a Lamb (uncredited)

Director
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Writer
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Cinematography
Giuseppe Ruzzolini