Oedipus Rex
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…
Top Billed Cast
Silvana Mangano
Giocasta
Franco Citti
Edipo
Alida Valli
Merope
Carmelo Bene
Creonte
Julian Beck
Tiresia
Featured Crew
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Writer
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Director
Walter Fabrizio
Production Secretary
Maria Teresa Corridoni
Hairstylist
Sergio Rubini
Assistant Camera
Otello Spila
Camera Operator
Jean-Claude Biette
Assistant Director
Dante Ferretti
Assistant Production Design
Fausto Ancillai
Sound Mixer
Sophocles
Theatre Play
Ernesta Cesetti
Hairstylist
Bruno Bruni
Still Photographer
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