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Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King (1986)

Movie · Released · 111 min · ★ 4.5

Drama

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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.

Cast

Michael PenningtonMichael PenningtonOedipus RexClaire BloomClaire BloomJocastaJohn GielgudJohn GielgudTieresiasJohn ShrapnelJohn ShrapnelCreonCyril CusackCyril CusackPriestMichael ByrneMichael ByrneChorusErnest ClarkErnest ClarkChorusDavid CollingsDavid CollingsChorus
Donald EcclesChorusRobert EddisonRobert EddisonChorusClifford RoseClifford RoseChorus
Alan RoweChorusNigel StockNigel StockChorusJohn WoodnuttJohn WoodnuttChorusNorman RodwayNorman RodwayCorinthian Messenger

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