About Oedipus Rex
- Released on September 07, 1967
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…
Full Cast of Oedipus Rex
Silvana Mangano
plays Giocasta
Carmelo Bene
plays Creonte
Julian Beck
plays Tiresia
Luciano Bartoli
plays Laio
Francesco Leonetti
plays Servo di Laio
Ahmed Bellashmi
plays Polibo
Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia
plays Sacerdote
Giandomenico Davoli
plays Pastore di Polibo
Ninetto Davoli
plays Angelo
Laura Betti
plays Jocasta's Maid (uncredited)
Pier Paolo Pasolini
plays High Priest (uncredited)
Isabel Ruth
plays Jocasta's Maid with a Lamb (uncredited)
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