Movie Details
Theatrical Release:January 7th, 1957
On DVD & Blu-ray:June 11th, 2002
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Original Language:English
Production Companies:Oedipus Rex Productions
Oedipus Rex (1957)
"A Shattering Experience!"Movie
Audience Score
DirectorTyrone Guthrie
WriterWilliam Butler Yeats
Plot
The story of Oedipus' gradual discovery of his primal crime, killing his father and marrying his mother, filmed by the famed British theatrical director Sir Tyrone Guthrie. This elegant version of Sophocles' play adds a brilliant stroke: the actors wear masks just as the Greeks did in the playwright's day.
