View Item - IT-E001-1967

Language:
Italian
Category:
Drama
Duration:
110 min
Catalog Num:
IT-E001-1967
Title:
Edipo re / Oedipus Rex
Item Type:
Video
Medium:
VHS
Program:
Romance Languages

Reserved:
No
Status:
Available

"In pre-war Italy, a young couple has 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... " Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini. Color. Country: Italy. Subtitled.

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