Oedipus Rex (1967) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini.

Cast

• Franco Citti as Oedipus
• Silvana Mangano as Jocasta, Queen of Thebes (and unnamed Italian young mother)
• Alida Valli as Merope, Queen of Corinth
• Carmelo Bene as Creon
• Julian Beck as Tiresias
• Luciano Bartoli as Laius, King of Thebes (and unnamed Italian young father)
• Francesco Leonetti as Servo di Laio
• Ahmed Belhachmi as Polybus, King of Corinth
• Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia as Sacerdote
• Giandomenico Davoli as Pastore di Polibo
• Ninetto Davoli as Angelo
• Laura Betti as Jocasta's Maid (uncredited)
• Pier Paolo Pasolini as High Priest (uncredited)
• Isabel Ruth as Jocasta's Maid with a Lamb (uncredited)

Crew

• Pier Paolo Pasolini — Director
• Pier Paolo Pasolini — Writer
• Alfredo Bini — Producer
• Giuseppe Ruzzolini — Director of Photography

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