Oedipus Rex
1967 · 104 MIN · IMDB 7.2 · 7,153 VOTES · DIR. Pier Paolo Pasolini
Overview
In pre-war Italy, a young couple have a baby boy. The father, however, is jealous of his son - and the scene moves to antiquity, where the baby is taken into the desert to be killed. He is rescued, given the name Edipo (Oedipus), and brought up by the King and Queen of Corinth as their son. One day an oracle informs Edipo that he is destined to kill his father and marry his mother. Horrified, he flees Corinth and his supposed parents - only to get into a fight and kill an older man on the road…
Dialogue Timeline — 316 lines
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00:00:49 Spectators!
00:02:25 He has vanquished the Sphinx: he promises
00:07:16 Save us, famous Oedipus!
00:09:45 Oedipus boasts of his skill in dealing with the powers of darkness
00:12:39 He must be discovered, for the god demands he be driven from us
00:15:55 I solved the riddle of the Sphinx
00:17:41 RevoIted by the injustice of this attitude, Tiresias speaks
00:19:19 ...to burn out the most infamous of all the gods
00:20:56 I shall speak what the god has said
00:22:45 You made me king
00:24:29 Friends!
00:26:25 ...in a stricken city
00:27:28 ...killing his father and marrying his mother
00:32:27 ...they are all liars
00:37:02 Did you speak of the crossroads?
00:39:16 He still lives, he who witnessed the crime
00:40:26 The shepherd who knows all is here...
00:42:22 I found the infant Oedipus on the mountain...
00:44:56 Jocasta is ashamed, she flees
00:47:39 I have lain with whom divine law forbade
00:49:24 Gently, very gently...
00:51:44 The black blood flowed
00:54:12 Lo! Oedipus the king!
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed316
Dialogue density3.0 lines / min
First line00:00:49
Final line00:54:12
Production Record
DirectorPier Paolo Pasolini
LanguageItalian
IMDb votes7,153