Title: Oedipus Rex (Edipo re)
Release Date: 1967-09-07
IMDB ID: tt0061613
Vote Average: 6.8 (361 votes)
Overview: 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…
Cast: Franco Citti (Oedipus), Silvana Mangano (Jocasta, Queen of Thebes (and unnamed Italian young mother)), Alida Valli (Merope, Queen of Corinth), Carmelo Bene (Creon), Julian Beck (Tiresias), Luciano Bartoli (Laius, King of Thebes (and unnamed Italian young father)),
Crew: Pier Paolo Pasolini (Writer), Walter Fabrizio (Production Secretary), Maria Teresa Corridoni (Hairstylist), Sergio Rubini (Assistant Camera), Otello Spila (Camera Operator), Jean-Claude Biette (Assistant Director),