Cinematic background from Oedipus Rex 1967 - In pre-war Italy, a young couple have a baby boy. The father, however, is jealous of his son - and the scene moves to antiquity, where the baby is taken into the desert to be killed. He is rescued, given the name Edipo (Oedipus), and brought up by the King and Queen of Corinth as their son. One day an oracle informs Edipo that he is destined to kill his father and marry his mother. Horrified, he flees Corinth and his supposed parents - only to get into a fight and kill an older man on the road…

Oedipus Rex

1967

Drama

Directors:
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Writers:
Sophocles, Pier Paolo Pasolini
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Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A man's face in the dark; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A view of a mountain range with a castle in the foreground; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A group of people walking across a dirt field; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A man walking down a dirt road carrying a backpack; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A person wearing a cowboy hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A man's face in a dark room; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A group of people standing on a dirt ground; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A person wearing a necklace; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A man in a native american costume with a large backpack; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A large group of people sitting on top of a rocky hill; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – An older man in a field with a bag; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A woman's face in a dark room; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A man walking across a sandy beach with a tree in the background; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A group of people standing in the dirt; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A person wearing a black shirt; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A desert landscape with a mountain in the background; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A person wearing a black shirt; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A child's face looking at the camera; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A man wearing a gold hat and a red robe; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A woman in a white dress and a straw hat walking in the desert; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A woman's face in a dark room; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – An old woman with blue eyes wearing a white dress; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A person wearing a hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A man wearing a straw hat and a blue shirt; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – An old man with a long white beard and long grey hair; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A person looking up at the sky; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A man with a bunch of seashells on his head; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A group of people walking on a dirt ground; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A person with a pipe in his mouth; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A man wearing a straw hat and a blue and gold outfit; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A man wearing a gold hat and a white coat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A man with a beard wearing a gold hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A man is smoking a cigarette while sitting on some steps; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A large group of people gathered together in the middle of the desert; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A person wearing a metal helmet; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A person wearing a brown shirt; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – An alley way with a tall building in the background; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A person wearing a sweater near a field; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – An old man with a bald head is looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A man's face in a grassy area; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A person wearing a helmet on the side of a road; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A person wearing a hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – Two young boys are posing for a picture; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A man with a straw hat is holding a stick; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A woman wearing a hat with feathers on her head; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A dirt road in the middle of a desert with mountains in the background; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A woman wearing a hat with feathers on her head; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A group of people walking across the desert carrying blankets; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A view of a mountain from the ground up; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A man wearing a sweater sitting in a chair; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A person wearing a helmet; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A man wearing a wreath of flowers on his head; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A person in a hat is standing in the desert; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A man dressed as a king standing under an umbrella in the desert; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A man with a beard wearing a gold hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A man wearing a metal helmet and some other people in the background; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A person wearing a headdress; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A desert landscape with mountains in the background; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A group of people standing next to each other; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A group of young men playing a game of soccer; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A man's face in a dark room; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A young man in front of a group of statues; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A man sitting under a tree next to a herd of sheep; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A man with a hat on his head; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A man and a woman standing in front of an old building; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A person wearing a black shirt; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A group of people standing in front of a brick wall; Extreme Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A group of people in traditional clothing walking through the streets; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A group of people standing on top of a dirt field; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A group of people walking across a dirt field; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A group of people standing in front of an old building; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A man wearing a straw hat and a necklace; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A person wearing a polka dot dress; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A group of people standing in front of a stone building; Extreme Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A man standing next to an old wagon on a dirt road; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A person standing in the middle of the desert; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A man wearing a helmet and a body suit in the desert; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Oedipus Rex” (1967), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – A group of people standing in front of a crowd; Extreme Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle