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Oedipus Rex

1967 "Pasolini’s Terrifying… Compassionate… Magnificent…"
Oedipus Rex
7.2| 1h44m| NR| en| Drama
Storyline

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…

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Arco Film

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  • Oedipus Rex Cast
Silvana Mangano as Giocasta
Franco Citti as Edipo
Alida Valli as Merope
Carmelo Bene as Creonte
Julian Beck as Tiresia
Ninetto Davoli as Angelo
Laura Betti as Jocasta's Maid (uncredited)
Pier Paolo Pasolini as High Priest (uncredited)