Oedipus Rex Trailer (1967)

"Pasolini’s Terrifying… Compassionate… Magnificent…" 07 September 1967 Drama 105 mins

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…

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Cast

Franco Citti as Oedipus

Silvana Mangano as Jocasta, Queen of Thebes (and unnamed Italian young mother)

Alida Valli as Merope, Queen of Corinth

Carmelo Bene as Creon

Julian Beck as Tiresias

Luciano Bartoli as Laius, King of Thebes (and unnamed Italian young father)

Francesco Leonetti as Servo di Laio

Ahmed Bellashmi as Polybus, King of Corinth

Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia as Sacerdote

Giandomenico Davoli as Pastore di Polibo

Ninetto Davoli as Angelo

Laura Betti as Jocasta's Maid (uncredited)

Pier Paolo Pasolini as High Priest (uncredited)

Isabel Ruth as Jocasta's Maid with a Lamb (uncredited)

Crew

Pier Paolo Pasolini Director

Pier Paolo Pasolini Writer

Dante Ferretti Assistant Production Design

Ernesta Cesetti Hairstylist

Lina D'Amico Script Supervisor

Walter Fabrizio Production Secretary

Fausto Ancillai Sound Mixer

Otello Spila Camera Operator

Bruno Bruni Still Photographer

Jean-Claude Biette Assistant Director

Benoît Lamy Assistant Director

Maria Teresa Corridoni Hairstylist

Sophocles Theatre Play

Sergio Rubini Assistant Camera

International Titles

Edipo Rey Trailer

Edipo, el hijo de la fortuna Trailer

Edipo, el hijo de la fortuna (Edipo Rey) Trailer

Oedipe roi Trailer

Ødipus Rex Trailer

Kung Oidipus Trailer

Ơđíp Trailer

International Releases Dates

Germany 13 June 1969

France 09 October 1968

United Kingdom 24 September 2012

Italy 16 September 1967

Netherlands 24 September 2012

Sweden 29 October 1975

United States 27 June 2023

Production Companies

Arco Film

Somafis

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