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Oedipus Rex

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Original title

Edipo Re

Year

1967

Running time

104 min.

Country

Italy

Director

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Screenwriter

Pier Paolo Pasolini. Play: Sofocles

Cast

Cinematography

Giuseppe Ruzzolini (B&W)

Producer

Co-production Italy-Morocco;

Arco Film Roma, Somafis

Genre

Drama | Ancient Greece

Movie Groups

Sophocles Adaptations

Synopsis

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 Edipo (Oedipus), and brought up by the King and Queen of Corinth as their son. One day an oracle informs Edipo 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...

Rankings Position

#147 Best Italian Movies of all time

Awards: 1967: Venice Film Festival: Nominated for Golden Lion

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Oedipus Rex

1967

Pier Paolo Pasolini

6.8

(2,012)