Released:
1967-09-07

Overview:
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…

Director:
Pier Paolo Pasolini

Runtime:
1h 44min

Genre:
Drama

• 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