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Oedipus the King is a 1968 British film adaptation of the Sophoclean tragedy Oedipus Rex, directed and co-written by Philip Saville. It stars Christopher Plummer as the title character , Orson Welles as Tiresias , Lilli Palmer as Jocasta , Richard Johnson as Creon and Donald Sutherland as the leading member of the Chorus , though the ...
With Christopher Plummer, Lilli Palmer, Richard Johnson, Orson Welles. This classic (Greek) tale tells how a noble youth accidentally marries his own mother, kills his own father (deliberately) and ends up paying a terrible price for invoking the wrath of the Gods.
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- Drama, History
- Philip Saville
- 1968-06-14
An oracle predicts the Theban king (Christopher Plummer) will slay his father and defile his mother (Lilli Palmer) in Sophocles' tragedy. Content collapsed. Critics Reviews. View All (1) Critics...
- Philip Saville
- G
- Christopher Plummer
This classic (Greek) tale tells how a noble youth accidentally marries his own mother, kills his own father (deliberately) and ends up paying a terrible price for invoking the wrath of the Gods.
Oedipus The King. Claire Bloom and Michael Pennington star in this adaption of the classic Theban play by Sophocles. As plagues ravish Thebes, Oedipus seeks to find the murderer of the former king. 3 IMDb 6.4 2 h 2 min 1968. NR.
Peculiar western romance with Rita Tushingham as a mute in 19th century British Columbia taken in by hunter Oliver Reed. This classic Greek tale tells how a noble youth accidentally marries his own mother, kills his own father and ends up paying a terrible price for invoking the wrath of the Gods.
Oedipus the King (1968) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
