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Oedipus Rex DVD
Oedipus Rex DVD
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Release Year: 1967
Runtime: 105 min
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Cast: Franco Citti, Silvana Mangano, Alida Valli, Carmelo Bene, Julian Beck
Studios: Somafis, Arco Film
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…
Special Features:
Wide Screen Format & a never seen before Documentary "Pier Paolo Pasolini"
