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Oedipus Rex

6.8 104 mins Drama   1967
Somafis   Arco Film  
Director(s): Pier Paolo Pasolini

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…

Casts of Oedipus Rex

Franco Citti

as Oedipus

Silvana Mangano

as Jocasta, Queen of Thebes (and unnamed Italian young mother)

Alida Valli

as Merope, Queen of Corinth

Carmelo Bene

as Creon

Julian Beck

as Tiresias

Luciano Bartoli

as Laius, King of Thebes (and unnamed Italian young father)

Francesco Leonetti

as Servo di Laio

Ahmed Belhachmi

as Polybus, King of Corinth

Giandomenico Davoli

as Pastore di Polibo

Ninetto Davoli

as Angelo

Laura Betti

as Jocasta's Maid (uncredited)

Pier Paolo Pasolini

as High Priest (uncredited)

Isabel Ruth

as Jocasta's Maid with a Lamb (uncredited)

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