Oedipus Rex
Edipo re
1967, Film, 104 min, Drama, Italian, Italy, MoviePedia score 68
Pasolini’s Terrifying… Compassionate… Magnificent…
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…
Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini
Cast
- Silvana Mangano as Giocasta
- Franco Citti as Edipo
- Alida Valli as Merope
- Carmelo Bene as Creonte
- Julian Beck as Tiresia
- Luciano Bartoli as Laio
- Francesco Leonetti as Servo di Laio
- Ahmed Belhachmi as Polibo
- Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia as Sacerdote
- Giandomenico Davoli as Pastore di Polibo
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