Oedipus Rex

Oedipus Rex

87 mins | Drama | Jan. 6, 1957

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.

Oedipus Rex

87 mins | Drama | Jan. 6, 1957

Oedipus Rex
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.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Oedipus Rex Productions
Original title Oedipus Rex
Directors Tyrone Guthrie
Writers William Butler Yeats, Sophocles

Cast

Eleanor Stuart

as Jocasta

Robert Goodier

as Creon

William Hutt

as Chorus Leader

Donald Davis

as Tiresias

William Shatner

as Chorus Member

Barbara Franklin

as Antigone

Naomi Cameron

as Ismene

Douglas Rain

as Messenger

Douglas Campbell

as Oedipus