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Oedipus the King (1968)
Directed by Philip Saville
Drama · 1h 37m
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.
Cast
Christopher Plummer
Oedipus
Lilli Palmer
Jocasta
Richard Johnson
Creon
Orson Welles
Tiresias
Cyril Cusack
Messenger
Roger Livesey
Shepherd
Donald Sutherland
Chorus Leader
Friedrich von Ledebur
King Laius
Dimos Starenios
Priest
A
Alexis Mann
Palace Official
O
Oenone Luke
Antigone
C
Cressida Luke
Xemene
Crew
- Director
- Philip Saville
- Screenplay
- Michael Luke, Philip Saville
- Director of Photography
- Walter Lassally
- Original Music Composer
- Jani Christou
Details
- Release date
- 1968-06-01
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- Crossroads World Film Services