Oedipus Rex (1957)
1h 27m
Running Time
January 6, 1957Release Date
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.

Douglas Campbell
Oedipus

Eleanor Stuart
Jocasta

Robert Goodier
Creon

Donald Davis
Tiresias

Douglas Rain
Messenger

Donald Davis
Tiresias

William Hutt
Chorus Leader

Tony Van Bridge
Man From Corinth

Eric House
Shepherd / Old Priest

Robert Christie
Chorus

Ted Follows
Chorus

David Gardner
Chorus

Robert Christie
Chorus

Bruno Gerussi
Chorus

Richard Howard
Chorus

Roland Hewgill
Chorus

William Shatner
Chorus

Edward Holmes
Chorus

Louis Negin
Chorus

Neil Vipond
Chorus

Barbara Franklin
Antigone

Naomi Cameron
Ismene

Tyrone Guthrie
Director

William Butler Yeats
Writer

Sophocles
Original Story

Leonid Kipnis
Producer

Sam Friedman
Associate Producer

Tom Patterson
Associate Producer

Louis Applebaum
Music

Roger Barlow
Cinematography

Richard C. Meyer
Editor

Arthur Price
Art Direction
Media.


Details.
This Movie Is About.
greek mythology
theatre play
oedipus
ancient greece
based on myths, legends or folklore
thebes
Wiki.
Oedipus Rex is a 1957 film, a film version of the Canadian Stratford Festival production of the William Butler Yeats adaptation of the play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles.
The actors performed wearing masks designed by Tanya Moiseiwitsch, as was the practice in Ancient Greek theatre.
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