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Oedipus Rex

6.819671h 45m15MovieDrama

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…

DirectorPier Paolo Pasolini
WriterPier Paolo Pasolini
ProducerAlfredo Bini

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Cast · Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini

FCFranco Citti
Franco Citti
Oedipus
SMSilvana Mangano
Silvana Mangano
Jocasta, Queen of Thebes (and unnamed Italian young mother)
AVAlida Valli
Alida Valli
Merope, Queen of Corinth
CBCarmelo Bene
Carmelo Bene
Creon
JBJulian Beck
Julian Beck
Tiresias
LBLuciano Bartoli
Luciano Bartoli
Laius, King of Thebes (and unnamed Italian young father)
FLFrancesco Leonetti
Francesco Leonetti
Servo di Laio
AB
Ahmed Belhachmi
Polybus, King of Corinth
GSGiovanni Ivan Scratuglia
Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia
Sacerdote
GD
Giandomenico Davoli
Pastore di Polibo
NDNinetto Davoli
Ninetto Davoli
Angelo
LBLaura Betti
Laura Betti
Jocasta's Maid (uncredited)

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