Oedipus Rex

Oedipus Rex (1967)

Pasolini’s Terrifying… Compassionate… Magnificent…

  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1967-09-07
  • User Rating: 6.7/10 from 357 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 44min
  • Language: Italiano
  • Production Company: Somafis
  • Production Country: Italy
  • Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
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Summary

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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  • 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

  • Ahmed Belhachmi

    as Polybus, King of Corinth

  • 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)
Directing Pier Paolo Pasolini Director
Writing Pier Paolo Pasolini Writer
Writing Sophocles Theatre Play
Costume & Make-Up Ernesta Cesetti Hairstylist
Costume & Make-Up Maria Teresa Corridoni Hairstylist
Directing Jean-Claude Biette Assistant Director
Directing Benoît Lamy Assistant Director
Art Dante Ferretti Assistant Production Design
Sound Fausto Ancillai Sound Mixer
Camera Bruno Bruni Still Photographer
Camera Sergio Rubini Assistant Camera
Camera Otello Spila Camera Operator
Directing Lina D'Amico Script Supervisor
Production Walter Fabrizio Production Secretary
Art Luigi Scaccianoce Production Design
Art Andrea Fantacci Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up Danilo Donati Costume Design
Costume & Make-Up Giulio Natalucci Makeup Artist
Costume & Make-Up Goffredo Rocchetti Makeup Artist
Production Eliseo Boschi Production Manager
Production Mario Coccioletti Production Supervisor
Sound Carlo Tarchi Sound
Costume & Make-Up Piero Cicoletti Assistant Costume Designer
Production Alfredo Bini Producer
Camera Giuseppe Ruzzolini Director of Photography
Editing Nino Baragli Editor

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