Oedipus Rex
1967/09/07 (US) | Drama
Pasolini’s Terrifying… Compassionate… Magnificent…
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…
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Director
Lead 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)
No Image
Francesco Leonetti
Servo di Laio
Budget
$ 0
Revenue
$ 0
Status
Released
Production Company
- Somafis
- Arco Film
Crews
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Writer
Sophocles
Theatre Play
Ernesta Cesetti
Hairstylist
Maria Teresa Corridoni
Hairstylist
Jean-Claude Biette
Assistant Director
Benoît Lamy
Assistant Director
Dante Ferretti
Assistant Production Design