Film / 1968

Oedipus the King

Name: Oedipus the King
Genre: Drama
Released: 1968-06-01
Duration: 97 min
Cast: Christopher Plummer, Lilli Palmer, Richard Johnson, Orson Welles, Cyril Cusack

Directed by Philip Saville

Drama

★ 6.0/10Audience rating

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.

The story

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.