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Oedipus Rex

Italian · Edipo re

Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini

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…

Released
7 Sep 1967
Runtime
105 min
Also known as
Oedipe roi, Edipo Rey, Edipo, el hijo de la fortuna, Edipo, el hijo de la fortuna (Edipo Rey)
Country
Italy
Language
Italian
Writer
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Cinematography
Giuseppe Ruzzolini
Editor
Nino Baragli
Elsewhere
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