Based on the play by Sophocles. Originally released as a motion picture 1967. Special features: never before seen documentary, "Pier Paolo Pasolini." Franco Citti (Oedipus), Silvana Mangano (Jocasta), Alida Valli (Merope), Carmelo Bene (Creon), Julian Beck (Tiresias), Pier Paolo Pasolini (High Priest) Filmed May-July 1967 in the red deserts of Morocco.
Summary:
"A dark and riveting retelling of the classic Greek tragedy, 'Oedipus Rex'. Unknown to himself, Oedipus kills his father and marries his mother. When the truth is discovered, he puts out his eyes and Oedipus wanders the streets until he is found by his daughter, Antigone, a common blind beggar"--Container.
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