Movielogr
Oedipus Rex (1967)
Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini
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…
Rated NR | Length 104 minutes
Actors
Silvana Mangano | Franco Citti | Alida Valli | Carmelo Bene | Julian Beck | Luciano Bartoli | Francesco Leonetti | Ahmed Bellashmi | Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia | Giandomenico Davoli | Ninetto Davoli | Laura Betti | Pier Paolo Pasolini | Isabel Ruth