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Oedipus the King

Oedipus the King (1968)

June. 01,1968

6.4

| Drama

This classic Greek tale tells how a noble youth accidentally marries his own mother, kills his own father and ends up paying a terrible price for invoking the wrath of the Gods.

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Cast

Christopher Plummer as Oedipus

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Reviews

BootDigest

1968/06/01

Such a frustrating disappointment

Baseshment

1968/06/02

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

Dynamixor

1968/06/03

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Matho

1968/06/04

The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.