Oedipus the King (1968)

★ 6.0/10 97 min Drama United Kingdom English

Director: Philip Saville

Theatre Plays: Sophocles, Paul Roche
Screenplay by: Philip Saville, Michael Luke

Streaming: Not available

Description

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.

Top 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