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Oedipus Rex

6.3 87 mins Drama   1957
Oedipus Rex Productions  
Director(s): Tyrone Guthrie

The story of Oedipus' gradual discovery of his primal crime, killing his father and marrying his mother, filmed by the famed British theatrical director Sir Tyrone Guthrie. This elegant version of Sophocles' play adds a brilliant stroke: the actors wear masks just as the Greeks did in the playwright's day.

Casts of Oedipus Rex

Douglas Campbell

as Oedipus

Eleanor Stuart

as Jocasta

Robert Goodier

as Creon

Donald Davis

as Tiresias

Douglas Rain

as Messenger

William Hutt

as Chorus Leader

Tony Van Bridge

as Man From Corinth

Eric House

as Shepherd / Old Priest

Robert Christie

as Chorus

Ted Follows

as Chorus

David Gardner

as Chorus

Bruno Gerussi

as Chorus

Richard Howard

as Chorus

Roland Hewgill

as Chorus

William Shatner

as Chorus

Edward Holmes

as Chorus

Louis Negin

as Chorus

Neil Vipond

as Chorus

Barbara Franklin

as Antigone

Naomi Cameron

as Ismene

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