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Oedipus Rex
Directed by
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Not Rated
1967
1h 44m
Drama
7.2
89%
78%
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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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Cast of Oedipus Rex
Franco Citti
Oedipus
Silvana Mangano
Jocasta, Queen of Thebes (and unnamed Italian young mother)
Alida Valli
Merope, Queen of Corinth
Carmelo Bene
Creon
Julian Beck
Tiresias
Luciano Bartoli
Laius, King of Thebes (and unnamed Italian young father)
Francesco Leonetti
Servo di Laio
Ahmed Belhachmi
Polybus, King of Corinth
Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia
Sacerdote
Giandomenico Davoli
Pastore di Polibo
Ninetto Davoli
Angelo
Laura Betti
Jocasta's Maid (uncredited)
Pier Paolo Pasolini
High Priest (uncredited) / Director / Writer
Isabel Ruth
Jocasta's Maid with a Lamb (uncredited)
Alfredo Bini
Producer
Oedipus Rex Ratings & Reviews
Battleship Pretension
Scott Nye
Pasolini frequently uses those who push themselves to the margins of society to expose our collective and individual weaknesses, and our determination to maintain the image of order.
TheIndependentCritic.com
Richard Propes
Pasolini's rather straightforward style does occasionally mute the film's emotional impact.
The New Yorker
Richard Brody
Pasolini both humanizes the classical legend and reaches deep into the modern psyche to find its origins in ancient agonies.
CinePassion
Fernando F. Croce
Fervid chanting and handheld tracking shots inform Pasolini's jangling, fabulously blunt pageant, filled to the brim with mysterious splendor
TV Guide
Slow-moving, sensual, and often gorgeous to behold.
New York Times
Vincent Canby
It's not always necessary to understand Pasolini to be riveted by what he does.
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
One of the most underrated, neglected, and powerful of Pier Paolo Pasolini's features.
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