Oedipus Rex

January. 07,1957      
Rating:
6.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

The story of Oedipus' gradual discovery of his primal crime, killing his father and marrying his mother, filmed by the famed British theatrical director Sir Tyrone Guthrie. This elegant version of Sophocles' play adds a brilliant stroke: the actors wear masks just as the Greeks did in the playwright's day.

William Shatner as  Chorus Member
Douglas Rain as  Messenger

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Reviews

FeistyUpper
1957/01/07

If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

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Baseshment
1957/01/08

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

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Curapedi
1957/01/09

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

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ActuallyGlimmer
1957/01/10

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

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