Oedipus Rex
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Giandomenico Davoli
Luciano Bartoli
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Julian Beck
Silvana Mangano
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
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...
Director
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Cast
Giandomenico Davoli
Luciano Bartoli
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Julian Beck
Silvana Mangano
Carmelo Bene
Ninetto Davoli
Francesco Leonetti
Jean-claude Biette
Alida Valli
Franco Citti
Ahmed Bellashimi
Crew
Fausto Ancillai
Nino Baragli
Jean-claude Biette
Alfredo Bini
Eliseo Boschi
Danilo Donati
Andrea Fantacci
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Giuseppe Ruzzolini
Luigi Scaccianoce
Otello Spila
Carlo Tarchi
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1991
Released in United States April 12, 1990
Shown at "Pier Paolo Pasolini: The Eyes of a Poet" at Museum of Modern Art in New York City April 12, 1990.
Shown at "Pier Paolo Pasolini: The Eyes of a Poet" at UCLA Film and Television Archive September 27 - December 20, 1991.
Adaptation of Sophocles' play about a young king who unkowingly marries his mother with an epilogue moving the story to modern day Rome.
Re-released in London September 21, 1990.
Released in United States April 12, 1990 (Shown at "Pier Paolo Pasolini: The Eyes of a Poet" at Museum of Modern Art in New York City April 12, 1990.)
Released in United States 1991 (Shown at "Pier Paolo Pasolini: The Eyes of a Poet" at UCLA Film and Television Archive September 27 - December 20, 1991.)
