Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King (1986)

4.5 111 min Movie
Drama

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.

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Cast

Michael Pennington Michael Pennington Oedipus Rex
Claire Bloom Claire Bloom Jocasta
John Gielgud John Gielgud Tieresias
John Shrapnel John Shrapnel Creon
Cyril Cusack Cyril Cusack Priest
Michael Byrne Michael Byrne Chorus
Ernest Clark Ernest Clark Chorus
David Collings David Collings Chorus
Donald Eccles Donald Eccles Chorus
Robert Eddison Robert Eddison Chorus
Clifford Rose Clifford Rose Chorus
Alan Rowe Alan Rowe Chorus

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