About this release
Edipo, senza saperlo, uccide il padre Laio e sposa la madre Giocasta. Quando viene a saperlo, si acceca e lascia Tebe. Nel finale lo ritroviamo nei nostri anni Sessanta a Bologna e a Milano, in compagnia di un ragazzo, e infine nel Friuli della sua infanzia. Rifacimento di "Edipo Re" 1910.
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Disc 1
DVD
Oedipus Rex (1967)
105 min
Drama
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…
Credits
Director
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Writer
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Cast
Franco Cittias Oedipus
Silvana Manganoas Jocasta, Queen of Thebes (and unnamed Italian young mother)
Alida Vallias Merope, Queen of Corinth
Carmelo Beneas Creon
Julian Beckas Tiresias
Luciano Bartolias Laius, King of Thebes (and unnamed Italian young father)
Francesco Leonettias Servo di Laio
Ahmed Belhachmias Polybus, King of Corinth
Giovanni Ivan Scratugliaas Sacerdote
Giandomenico Davolias Pastore di Polibo
Cinematographer
Giuseppe Ruzzolini
Editor
Nino Baragli
Producer
Alfredo Bini
Images
Catalogue Info
- Added by
- Matthew Simpson
- Date added
- August 3, 2026