Oedipus Rex

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…

CAST

Franco CittiOedipus

Silvana ManganoJocasta, Queen of Thebes (and unnamed Italian young mother)

Alida ValliMerope, Queen of Corinth

Carmelo BeneCreon

Julian BeckTiresias

Luciano BartoliLaius, King of Thebes (and unnamed Italian young father)

Francesco LeonettiServo di Laio

Ahmed BelhachmiPolybus, King of Corinth

Giovanni Ivan ScratugliaSacerdote

Giandomenico DavoliPastore di Polibo

Ninetto DavoliAngelo

Laura BettiJocasta's Maid (uncredited)

Pier Paolo PasoliniHigh Priest (uncredited)

Isabel RuthJocasta's Maid with a Lamb (uncredited)