Film · Drama
Oedipus Rex (1957)
A Shattering Experience!
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.
- Director
- Tyrone Guthrie
- Writers
- William Butler Yeats, Sophocles
- Country
- Canada, United States
- Language
- English
- Release date
- January 6, 1957
Cast
Douglas CampbellOedipus- Eleanor StuartJocasta
- Robert GoodierCreon
- Donald DavisTiresias
Douglas RainMessenger
William HuttChorus Leader- Tony Van BridgeMan From Corinth
Eric HouseShepherd / Old Priest
Robert ChristieChorus
Ted FollowsChorus- David GardnerChorus
Bruno GerussiChorus- Richard HowardChorus
Roland HewgillChorus
William ShatnerChorus- Edward HolmesChorus
Louis NeginChorus- Neil VipondChorus
- Barbara FranklinAntigone
- Naomi CameronIsmene
