Oedipus Rex 1967

Synopsis

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…

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Cast

• Franco Citti Oedipus
• Silvana Mangano Jocasta, Queen of Thebes (and unnamed Italian young mother)
• Alida Valli Merope, Queen of Corinth
• Carmelo Bene Creon
• Julian Beck Tiresias
• Luciano Bartoli Laius, King of Thebes (and unnamed Italian young father)
• Francesco Leonetti Servo di Laio
• Ahmed Belhachmi Polybus, King of Corinth
• Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia Sacerdote
• Giandomenico Davoli Pastore di Polibo

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