Oedipus Rex (1967)
Pasolini’s Terrifying… Compassionate… Magnificent…
- Released
- Runtime 1h 45m
- Director Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Genres Drama
- Rating 6.8/10 (372 votes)
Synopsis
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…
Cast
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Franco Citti
as Oedipus
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Silvana Mangano
as Jocasta, Queen of Thebes (and unnamed Italian young mother)
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Alida Valli
as Merope, Queen of Corinth
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Carmelo Bene
as Creon
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Julian Beck
as Tiresias
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Luciano Bartoli
as Laius, King of Thebes (and unnamed Italian young father)
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Francesco Leonetti
as Servo di Laio
- Ahmed Belhachmi as Polybus, King of Corinth
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Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia
as Sacerdote
- Giandomenico Davoli as Pastore di Polibo
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Ninetto Davoli
as Angelo
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Laura Betti
as Jocasta's Maid (uncredited)
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Pier Paolo Pasolini
as High Priest (uncredited)
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Isabel Ruth
as Jocasta's Maid with a Lamb (uncredited)
Crew
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Pier Paolo Pasolini
Director
- Giuseppe Ruzzolini Director of Photography
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Nino Baragli
Editor
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Alfredo Bini
Producer
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Pier Paolo Pasolini
Writer
