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Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

Name: Oedipus the King
Genre: Drama
Released: 1986-09-16
Duration: 1 h 51 min
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Michael Pennington, Claire Bloom, John Gielgud

Original title: Oedipus the King

Episode aired Sep 16, 1986
1h 51m

IMDb RATING

7.5/10

133

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Michael Pennington in Theban Plays: Oedipus the King (1986)

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... Read allPlagues 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.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.

IMDb RATING

7.5/10

133

YOUR RATING

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- Sophocles(play)
- Don Taylor(translation)
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What a piece of trash.

why was this shot on video? if it were shot on 35mm i would give it more respect. what was the point of oedipus wearing 19th century clothing? it did not help the film. the only thing that could've saved the film, is if the boy who was rolling around on that cart started singing "i have no legs".

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