Oedipus Rex (1967)
Edipo Re
Pasolini’s Terrifying… Compassionate… Magnificent…
104 min
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…
- Release date
- September 7, 1967
- Country of origin
- Italy
Where to watch
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Trailer
Cast
- Franco Citti as Edipo
- Silvana Mangano as Giocasta
- Alida Valli as Merope
- Carmelo Bene as Creonte
- Julian Beck as Tiresia
- Luciano Bartoli as Laio
- Francesco Leonetti as Servo di Laio
- Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia as Sacerdote
- Giandomenico Davoli as Pastore di Polibo
- Ninetto Davoli as Angelo
- Laura Betti as Jocasta's Maid (uncredited)
- Pier Paolo Pasolini as High Priest (uncredited)
- Isabel Ruth as Jocasta's Maid with a Lamb (uncredited)
- Ahmed Belhachmi as Polibo
Crew
- Pier Paolo Pasolini · Director
- Pier Paolo Pasolini · Writer
- Alfredo Bini · Producer
- Giuseppe Ruzzolini · Cinematographer
- Nino Baragli · Editor
- Luigi Scaccianoce · Production designer