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 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…
Details
Release Date: September 7, 1967
Runtime: 104 minutes
Genres: Drama
Original Language: IT
Rating: ⭐ 6.8/10 (352 votes)
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Cast
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)
Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia
Sacerdote
Ninetto Davoli
Angelo
Laura Betti
Jocasta's Maid (uncredited)
Isabel Ruth
Jocasta's Maid with a Lamb (uncredited)