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Oedipus Rex, also known by the title Edipo re, is a 1967 Italian drama film directed and written by Pier Paolo Pasolini. Produced by Alfredo Bini and distributed by Netflix, the movie was filmed in Morocco with a narrative setting in Greece. The cast includes Franco Citti, Silvana Mangano, Alida Valli, and Carmelo Bene. The production involved Giuseppe Ruzzolini as director of photography, Nino Baragli as film editor, and Danilo Donati as costume designer.
The film’s score features compositions by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Masaru Sato. It is based on the work Oedipus Rex and was released in 35 mm film format. Runtime details vary between sources, listing 105 minutes and 104 minutes. The movie holds a review score of 89% and received ratings of 6.8 and 7.2 from different platforms. Production companies Somafis and Arco Film were involved, with distribution available via video on demand and the Criterion Channel.
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6.8In 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 Citti as Oedipus
- Silvana Mangano as Jocasta, Queen of Thebes (and unnamed Italian young mother)
- Alida Valli as Merope, Queen of Corinth
- Carmelo Bene as Creon
- Julian Beck as Tiresias
- Luciano Bartoli as Laius, King of Thebes (and unnamed Italian young father)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Italy
- Original language
- Italian
- Based on
- Oedipus Rex
- Director
- Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Screenwriter
- Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Cast member
- Isabel Ruth
- Composer
- Masaru Sato
- Producer
- Alfredo Bini
- Cinematographer
- Giuseppe Ruzzolini
- Narrative location
- Greece
- Filming location
- Morocco
- Duration
- 104
- FilmAffinity ID
- 461869
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- PierPaoloPasolini.jpg
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- publication date
- 1967-01-01
- film editor
- Nino Baragli
- title
- Edipo re
- costume designer
- Danilo Donati
- production designer
- Luigi Scaccianoce
- Commons category
- Edipo re (film)
- distributed by
- Netflix
- film format
- 35 mm film
- different from
- Oedipus Rex
- review score
- 89%
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