Oedipus Rex
movie

Pasolini’s Terrifying… Compassionate… Magnificent…
Released September 07, 1967
Genres:
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 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…
Cast

Franco Citti
as
Oedipus

Silvana Mangano
as
Jocasta, Queen of Thebes (and unnamed Italian young mother)

Alida Valli
as
Merope, Queen of Corinth

Carmelo Bene
as
Creon

Julian Beck
as
Tiresias

Luciano Bartoli
as
Laius, King of Thebes (and unnamed Italian young father)

Francesco Leonetti
as
Servo di Laio
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Ahmed Belhachmi
as
Polybus, King of Corinth

Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia
as
Sacerdote
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Giandomenico Davoli
as
Pastore di Polibo

Ninetto Davoli
as
Angelo

Laura Betti
as
Jocasta's Maid (uncredited)
Crew

Pier Paolo Pasolini
as
Writer

Pier Paolo Pasolini
as
Director
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Walter Fabrizio
as
Production Secretary
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Maria Teresa Corridoni
as
Hairstylist
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Sergio Rubini
as
Assistant Camera
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Otello Spila
as
Camera Operator

Jean-Claude Biette
as
Assistant Director

Dante Ferretti
as
Assistant Production Design
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Fausto Ancillai
as
Sound Mixer

Sophocles
as
Theatre Play
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Ernesta Cesetti
as
Hairstylist
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Bruno Bruni
as
Still Photographer