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Oedipus the King

Oedipus the King

Philip Saville

1968

  • Drama
6.0

This classic Greek tale tells how a noble youth accidentally marries his own mother, kills his own father and ends up paying a terrible price for invoking the wrath of the Gods.

Cast & crew

  • Philip SavilleDirector
  • Christopher PlummerOedipus
  • Lilli PalmerJocasta
  • Richard JohnsonCreon
  • Orson WellesTiresias
  • Cyril CusackMessenger
  • Roger LiveseyShepherd
  • Donald SutherlandChorus Leader
  • Friedrich von LedeburKing Laius

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