
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 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…
Release Date: 1967-09-07
Drama
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Casts

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

Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia
as Sacerdote

Ninetto Davoli
as Angelo

Laura Betti
as Jocasta's Maid (uncredited)



















