Oedipus Rex
6.6
“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.
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Cast
25 people
Douglas Campbell
Oedipus
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Eric House
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Tyrone Guthrie Director · William Butler Yeats Writer Sophocles Story
United States release January 7, 1957 · Produced in Canada
Production
Oedipus Rex Productions
Production
Canada
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · January 6, 1957
Theatrical
United States · January 7, 1957
Theatrical