Oedipus Rex

09/07/1967

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1hr 44min

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Drama

Pasolini’s Terrifying… Compassionate… Magnificent…

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 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…

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Silvana Mangano
  • Franco Citti
  • Alida Valli
  • Carmelo Bene
  • Julian Beck

    Directors

  • Pier Paolo Pasolini
  • Jean-Claude Biette
  • Benoît Lamy
  • Lina D'Amico

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Somafis
  • Arco Film

    Production Countries

  • Italy

LANGUAGES

  • Italian
  • Romanian

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