Edipo re
/
Rei Édipo
/
Edipo Re - Bett der Gewalt
/
Œdipe roi
/
Edipo, el hijo de la fortuna
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Edipo rey
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Edipo Re – Bett der Gewalt
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Édipo Rei
director:
Pier Paolo Pasolini
playwright:
Pier Paolo Pasolini
/
Sophocles
actor:
Franco Citti
/
Silvana Mangano
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Alida Valli
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Carmelo Bene
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Julian Beck
…
genre:
Drama
region:
Italy
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Mexico
language:
Italian
release date:
1967-09-07
(Release)
IMDb: tt0061613
Edipo re
overview
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…