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Oedipus Rex

Film · 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…

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The people who made it

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Behind the camera

  1. Pier Paolo Pasolinidirector · writer
  2. Sophocleswriter
  3. Nino Baraglieditor
  4. Giuseppe Ruzzolinicinematographer
  5. Alfredo Biniproducer
  6. Luigi Scaccianoceproduction designer

On screen

  1. Carmelo Benelead actor
  2. Franco Cittilead actor
  3. Alida Vallilead actor
  4. Silvana Manganolead actor
  5. Ahmed Belhachmisupporting actor
  6. Giandomenico Davolisupporting actor
  7. Francesco Leonettisupporting actor
  8. Luciano Bartolisupporting actor
  9. Julian Becksupporting actor
  10. Giovanni Ivan Scratugliasupporting actor
  11. Ninetto Davolisupporting actor
  12. Pier Paolo Pasoliniguest actor
  13. Isabel Ruthguest actor
  14. Laura Bettiguest actor
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From the people who made Oedipus Rex

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  16. The Witches1967 · FilmExceptional· 5 shared
  17. Caprice Italian Style1968 · FilmExceptional· 6 shared
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