Story
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 Oedipus, and brought up by the King and Queen of Corinth as their son. One day an oracle informs Oedipus 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
Franco Citti as OedipusSilvana Mangano as Jocasta, Queen of Thebes (and unnamed Italian young mother)Alida Valli as Merope, Queen of CorinthCarmelo Bene as CreonJulian Beck as TiresiasLuciano Bartoli as Laius, King of Thebes (and unnamed Italian young father)Francesco Leonetti as Servo di LaioAhmed Belhachmi as Polybus, King of CorinthGiovanni Ivan Scratuglia as SacerdoteGiandomenico Davoli as Pastore di Polibo
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