Oedipus Rex (1967)
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…
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
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Franco Citti as Oedipus |
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Silvana Mangano as Jocasta, Queen of Thebes (and unnamed Italian young mother) |
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Alida Valli as Merope, Queen of Corinth |
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Carmelo Bene as Creon |
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Julian Beck as Tiresias |
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Luciano Bartoli as Laius, King of Thebes (and unnamed Italian young father) |
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Francesco Leonetti as Servo di Laio |
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Ahmed Belhachmi as Polybus, King of Corinth |
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Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia as Sacerdote |
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Giandomenico Davoli as Pastore di Polibo |
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Ninetto Davoli as Angelo |
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Laura Betti as Jocasta's Maid (uncredited) |
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Pier Paolo Pasolini as High Priest (uncredited) |
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Isabel Ruth as Jocasta's Maid with a Lamb (uncredited) |
| Writing | Pier Paolo Pasolini | Writer |
| Directing | Pier Paolo Pasolini | Director |
| Production | Walter Fabrizio | Production Secretary |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maria Teresa Corridoni | Hairstylist |
| Camera | Sergio Rubini | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Otello Spila | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Jean-Claude Biette | Assistant Director |
| Art | Dante Ferretti | Assistant Production Design |
| Sound | Fausto Ancillai | Sound Mixer |
| Writing | Sophocles | Theatre Play |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ernesta Cesetti | Hairstylist |
| Camera | Bruno Bruni | Still Photographer |
| Directing | Lina D'Amico | Script Supervisor |
| Directing | Benoît Lamy | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Giulio Natalucci | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Piero Cicoletti | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Production | Mario Coccioletti | Production Supervisor |
| Art | Luigi Scaccianoce | Production Design |
| Art | Andrea Fantacci | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Carlo Tarchi | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Goffredo Rocchetti | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Eliseo Boschi | Production Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Danilo Donati | Costume Design |
| Production | Alfredo Bini | Producer |
| Editing | Nino Baragli | Editor |
| Camera | Giuseppe Ruzzolini | Director of Photography |
