Oedipus Rex
1967 · directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Rating
- 78/100
- Hit
- no
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…
Oedipus Rex (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini, rates 78/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.
Cast
- Franco Citti
- Silvana Mangano
- Alida Valli
- Carmelo Bene
- Julian Beck
- Luciano Bartoli
- Francesco Leonetti
- Ahmed Belhachmi
- Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia
- Giandomenico Davoli
Crew
- Giuseppe Ruzzolini — Director of Photography
- Nino Baragli — Editor
- Pier Paolo Pasolini — Writer
More from Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Accattone (1961) — 86/100 · hit
- Mamma Roma (1962) — 85/100 · hit
- The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1965) — 81/100 · hit
- Love Meetings (1965) — 79/100
- The Hawks and the Sparrows (1966) — 77/100
- Theorem (1968) — 75/100
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