Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

IMDb 4.5 1986 • 111 min • Drama

Director

Don Taylor

Country

Plot Summary

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.

Top 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

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