Oedipus Rex (1967)1h45
Drama
Director Pier Paolo Pasolini (7.1 avg)
Also directed Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, Accattone, Theorem, and 25 more
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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Cast
Franco Citti
Silvana Mangano
Alida Valli
Carmelo Bene
Julian Beck
Luciano Bartoli
Francesco Leonetti
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