Edipo, el hijo de la fortuna (1967)
Edipo, hijo de Layo y Yocasta, reyes de Tebas, es abandonado de niño para que se muera, al conocer por una profecía que será el asesino de su padre. Pero el niño es salvado y adoptado por el rey de Corinto. Sin conocer sus orígenes, regresa a Tebas cuando ya es adulto y se cruza en su camino con Layo. Tras una discusión, lo mata, sin saber que era su padre. Posteriormente contrae matrimonio en Tebas con la viuda del rey, es decir, su propia madre.
Directora: 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 Bellashmi 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) |
| Directing | Pier Paolo Pasolini | Director |
| Writing | Pier Paolo Pasolini | Writer |
| Art | Dante Ferretti | Assistant Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ernesta Cesetti | Hairstylist |
| Directing | Lina D'Amico | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Walter Fabrizio | Production Secretary |
| Sound | Fausto Ancillai | Sound Mixer |
| Camera | Otello Spila | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Bruno Bruni | Still Photographer |
| Directing | Jean-Claude Biette | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Benoît Lamy | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maria Teresa Corridoni | Hairstylist |
| Writing | Sophocles | Theatre Play |
| Camera | Sergio Rubini | Assistant Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | Danilo Donati | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Giulio Natalucci | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Piero Cicoletti | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Art | Andrea Fantacci | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Goffredo Rocchetti | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Carlo Tarchi | Sound |
| Art | Luigi Scaccianoce | Production Design |
| Production | Eliseo Boschi | Production Manager |
| Production | Mario Coccioletti | Production Supervisor |
| Production | Alfredo Bini | Producer |
| Editing | Nino Baragli | Editor |
| Camera | Giuseppe Ruzzolini | Director of Photography |