Oedipus Rex
MEANRANK
74/100
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Trakt on 69, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 78.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →An oracle foretells that a king's son is destined to kill his father and marry his mother. In an attempt to avoid this fate, the infant is abandoned. The child, Oedipus, grows up unaware of his true parentage. He becomes a hero who defeats the Sphinx, gains a kingdom, and marries the widowed queen, unknowingly setting into motion the very prophecy he sought to escape.
Details
- Director
- Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Writer
- Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Based on
- Oedipus Rex by Sophocles
- Released
- 7 September 1967
- Country
- Italy
- Language
- Italian, Romanian
- Runtime
- 104 min
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Cast
Full cast (14) →
Awards
4 wins & 4 nominations
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