Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

4.5
1986
1h 51m
Released
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.

Play Now

Director: Don Taylor

Cast: Michael Pennington, Claire Bloom, John Gielgud, John Shrapnel, Cyril Cusack, Michael Byrne, Ernest Clark, David Collings

More Like This

Medea

Medea

5.6·2019
Constance

Constance

6.5·1985
Oedipus Rex

Oedipus Rex

6.0·1957
Medea

Medea

6.6·1969
Pulling The Strings

Pulling The Strings

N/A
Kinds of Kindness

Kinds of Kindness

6.5·2024
Antigone

Antigone

N/A·2021
Funeral Parade of Roses

Funeral Parade of Roses

7.5·1969
The Trojan Women

The Trojan Women

6.2·1971
Electra

Electra

7.0·1962
Frine cortigiana d'Oriente

Frine cortigiana d'Oriente

6.0·1953
ITA Live: Oedipus

ITA Live: Oedipus

N/A·2021
Mother's Meat and Freud's Flesh

Mother's Meat and Freud's Flesh

4.7·1985
Ahare Mon

Ahare Mon

6.0·2018