Oedipus Rex (1967)
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…
Key facts
- Released:
- 1967-09-07
- Runtime:
- 105 min
- Genres:
- Drama
- Director:
- Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Top cast:
- Franco Citti, Silvana Mangano, Alida Valli, Carmelo Bene, Julian Beck, Luciano Bartoli
- Original language:
- IT
- TMDB rating:
- 6.8/10 from 364 votes
- Bynge Score:
- 6.7/10