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Pasolini’s Terrifying… Compassionate… Magnificent… - Oedipus Rex
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Title: Oedipus Rex

Release Date: 7 Sep 1967

Runtime: 1h 44m

Genre: Drama

Director: Somafis, Arco Film

Production Companies: Somafis, Arco Film

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 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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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.8 (346 votes)

Cast

  • Giocasta: Silvana Mangano
  • Edipo: Franco Citti
  • Merope: Alida Valli
  • Creonte: Carmelo Bene
  • Tiresia: Julian Beck
  • Laio: Luciano Bartoli
  • Servo di Laio: Francesco Leonetti
  • Polibo: Ahmed Bellashmi
  • Sacerdote: Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia
  • Pastore di Polibo: Giandomenico Davoli
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