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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 Edipo (Oedipus), and brought up by the King and Queen of Corinth as their son. One day an oracle informs Edipo 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…
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Cast

Silvana Mangano
Giocasta

Franco Citti
Edipo

Alida Valli
Merope

Carmelo Bene
Creonte

Julian Beck
Tiresia

Luciano Bartoli
Laio
Francesco Leonetti
Servo di Laio
Ahmed Bellashmi
Polibo

Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia
Sacerdote
Giandomenico Davoli
Pastore di Polibo

Ninetto Davoli
Angelo

Laura Betti
Jocasta's Maid (uncredited)

Pier Paolo Pasolini
High Priest (uncredited)

Isabel Ruth
Jocasta's Maid with a Lamb (uncredited)
Director

Pier Paolo Pasolini
Director

Jean-Claude Biette
Assistant Director
Benoît Lamy
Assistant Director
Lina D'Amico
Script Supervisor
Creator

Pier Paolo Pasolini
Writer

Sophocles
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