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Oedipus the King (1968) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1968 · 97 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Philip Saville
- Starring
- Orson Welles, Donald Sutherland, Roger Livesey, Cyril Cusack, Lilli Palmer, Christopher Plummer
The tragic hero Oedipus, unaware of his true lineage, solves the riddle of the Sphinx, becomes king of Thebes, unwittingly kills his biological father, marries his mother, and when the horrific truth emerges he gouges out his eyes and lives in exile, paying the gods’ wrath.
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