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.

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Director: Don Taylor

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

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