Oedipus Rex
Visit website6.3/10 • 8
1957-01-06 • 1h 27m
A Shattering Experience!
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.
- Directors
- Tyrone Guthrie
- Writters
- William Butler Yeats
- Editors
- William Butler Yeats, Richard C. Meyer
Oedipus Rex
Visit website1957-01-06 • 1h 27m
6.3/10 • 8
A Shattering Experience!
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.
- Directors
- Tyrone Guthrie
- Writters
- William Butler Yeats
- Editors
- William Butler Yeats, Richard C. Meyer
Top Billed Cast
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Douglas Campbell
Oedipus
Eleanor Stuart
Jocasta
Robert Goodier
Creon
Donald Davis
Tiresias
Douglas Rain
Messenger
William Hutt
Chorus Leader
Tony Van Bridge
Man From Corinth
Eric House
Shepherd / Old Priest
Robert Christie
Chorus
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- Status
- Released
- Original Language
- English
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- Keywords
- theater playoedipusgreek mythologyancient greecebased on myths, legends or folklorethebes