Oedipus Rex
N/A
Sign in to use quick actions
Back
Criterion Channel
MOVIE • 1967
Oedipus Rex
Pasolini’s Terrifying… Compassionate… Magnificent…
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…
TMDB ★ 3.4/5Votes: 376
Favorite off • Watchlist off • Not rated
Drama
More Videos
1 availableTop 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)
Francesco Leonetti
Servo di Laio
—
Ahmed Belhachmi
Polybus, King of Corinth
Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia
Sacerdote
—
Giandomenico Davoli
Pastore di Polibo
Ninetto Davoli
Angelo
Laura Betti
Jocasta's Maid (uncredited)
Pier Paolo Pasolini
High Priest (uncredited)
Isabel Ruth
Jocasta's Maid with a Lamb (uncredited)
Where to watch
Criterion ChannelMeta Snapshot
FilmStatus
Released
Release
September 7, 1967
Runtime
105 min
Language
Recommendations & Related Titles
★ 3.0/5
Oedipus Rex
1957
Sign in to use quick actions
Oedipus Rex
1972
Sign in to use quick actions
★ 0.0/5
Oedipus Rex
1993
Sign in to use quick actions
★ 0.0/5
Oedipus Rex
2002
Sign in to use quick actions
★ 3.8/5
The Silence
1963
Sign in to use quick actions
★ 3.7/5
C.R.A.Z.Y.
2005
Sign in to use quick actions
★ 3.6/5
Blood Simple
1985
Sign in to use quick actions
★ 3.6/5
Smoke
1995
Sign in to use quick actions
★ 3.5/5
Three Times
2005
Sign in to use quick actions