Oedipus Rex
Pasolini’s Terrifying… Compassionate… Magnificent…
Genre
Budget
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Box office
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Director
Actors
Franco Citti, Silvana Mangano, Alida Valli, Carmelo Bene, Julian Beck, Luciano Bartoli, Francesco Leonetti, Ahmed Belhachmi, Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia, Giandomenico Davoli
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Alfredo Bini
Camera operator
Giuseppe Ruzzolini
Composer
Artist
Luigi Scaccianoce
Audition
Editing
Short description
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…
What's left behind the scenes
- The film is based on the eponymous ancient Greek tragedy by Sophocles (c. 496 – 406 BC), whose name is not listed in the credits.
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