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Oedipus Rex

Genre:Drama

Released:1967-09-07

Runtime:104

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…


Cast:

Franco Citti

Character: Oedipus

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Silvana Mangano

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

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Alida Valli

Character: Merope, Queen of Corinth

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Carmelo Bene

Character: Creon

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Julian Beck

Character: Tiresias

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Luciano Bartoli

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

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Francesco Leonetti

Character: Servo di Laio

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Ahmed Belhachmi

Character: Polybus, King of Corinth

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Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia

Character: Sacerdote

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Giandomenico Davoli

Character: Pastore di Polibo

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Ninetto Davoli

Character: Angelo

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Laura Betti

Character: Jocasta's Maid (uncredited)

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Pier Paolo Pasolini

Character: High Priest (uncredited)

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Isabel Ruth

Character: Jocasta's Maid with a Lamb (uncredited)

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