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Oedipus Rex ()

Edipo Re (original title)
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Rescued from abandonment and raised by the King and Queen, Oedipus is still haunted by a prophecy--he'll murder his father and marry his mother.
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Giocasta
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Edipo
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Merope
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Creonte
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Tiresia
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Laio
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Servo di Laio
Ahmed Belhachmi ...
Polibo
Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia ...
Sacerdote (as Ivan Scratuglia)
Giandomenico Davoli ...
Pastore di Polibo
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Angelo
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Jocasta's Maid (uncredited)
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High Priest (uncredited)
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Jocasta's Maid with a Lamb (uncredited)

Directed by

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Pier Paolo Pasolini

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Pier Paolo Pasolini ... (written by)
 
Sophocles ... (play) (uncredited)

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Alfredo Bini ... producer

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Giuseppe Ruzzolini ... director of photography

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Nino Baragli

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Luigi Scaccianoce

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Andrea Fantacci

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Danilo Donati

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Ernesta Cesetti ... hair stylist
Maria Teresa Corridoni ... hair stylist
Giulio Natalucci ... makeup artist
Goffredo Rocchetti ... makeup artist

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Eliseo Boschi ... production manager
Mario Coccioletti ... production supervisor (as Mario Gioccioletti)

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Jean-Claude Biette ... assistant director (as Jean Claude Biette)
Benoît Lamy ... assistant director (uncredited)

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Dante Ferretti ... assistant production designer

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Fausto Ancillai ... sound mixer
Carlo Tarchi ... sound
Gilles Barberis ... audio restorer (uncredited)
Antonio Catalano ... sound restoration (uncredited)

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Bruno Bruni ... still photographer
Sergio Rubini ... assistant camera
Otello Spila ... camera operator

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Piero Cicoletti ... assistant costume designer

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Lina D'Amico ... script supervisor

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Walter Fabrizio ... production secretary
Pino Colizzi ... voice dubbing: Carmelo Bene (uncredited)
Paolo Ferrari ... voice dubbing: Franco Citti (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

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... Written by David Levene

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Also Known As
  • Oedipus Rex (Canada, English title)
  • Oedipus Rex (United States)
  • Oedipus Rex (World-wide, English title)
  • Oedipus Rex (United Kingdom)
  • Oedipe Roi (France)
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Trivia First part of Pier Paolo Pasolini's "Mythical Cycle" also including Teorema (1968), Pigsty (1969) and Medea (1969). See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Days of Nietzsche in Turin (2001). See more »
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