Oedipus Rex
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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…
Status: Released
Released Date: 1967-09-07
Runtime: 104 mins
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Writer: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Spoken language: Italiano
Genres: Drama
Original title: Oedipus Rex
Production Companies: Somafis, Arco Film
Production Countries: Italy
Cast
Franco Citti
Silvana Mangano
Alida Valli
Carmelo Bene
Julian Beck
Luciano Bartoli
Francesco Leonetti
Ahmed Belhachmi
Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia
Giandomenico Davoli
Ninetto Davoli
Laura Betti
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Isabel Ruth
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