Film

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

1986 · 1h 51m · Drama

IMDb

7.5

Plagues are ravaging Thebes, and the blind fortune-teller Tieresias tells Oedipus, the King, that the gods are unhappy. The murder of the former king has gone unavenged, and Oedipus sets out to find the killer.

Michael Pennington

Oedipus Rex

Claire Bloom

Jocasta

John Gielgud

Tieresias

John Shrapnel

Creon

Cyril Cusack

Priest

Michael Byrne

Chorus

Ernest Clark

Chorus

David Collings

Chorus

Donald Eccles

Chorus

Robert Eddison

Chorus

Clifford Rose

Chorus

Alan Rowe

Chorus

Nigel Stock

Chorus

John Woodnutt

Chorus

Norman Rodway

Corinthian Messenger

David Waller

Shepherd

• Don TaylorDirector · Writer
• Louis MarksProducer
• David HambeltonEditor

Release date

September 16, 1986

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 51m

Genres

Drama

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