Oedipus Rex (1957)
1h 27m
Running Time
January 6, 1957Release Date
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Douglas Campbell
Oedipus
Eleanor Stuart
Jocasta
Donald Davis
Tiresias
Robert Goodier
Creon
Douglas Rain
Messenger
William Hutt
Chorus Leader
Tyrone Guthrie
Director
Abraham Polonsky
Director
Tony Van Bridge
Man From Corinth
Sophocles
Writer
Eric House
Shepherd / Old Priest
Robert Christie
Chorus
William Butler Yeats
Writer
Ted Follows
Chorus
Leonid Kipnis
Producer
David Gardner
Chorus
Bruno Gerussi
Chorus
Richard Howard
Chorus
Roland Hewgill
Chorus
William Shatner
Chorus
Edward Holmes
Chorus
Louis Negin
Chorus
Neil Vipond
Chorus
Barbara Franklin
Antigone
Naomi Cameron
Ismene
Richard C. Meyer
Editor
Louis Applebaum
Music
Roger Barlow
Cinematography
Sam Friedman
Associate Producer
Joseph Champagne
Sound
Tom Patterson
Associate Producer
Arthur Price
Art Direction
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
Oedipus Rex is a 1957 film, a film version of the Canadian Stratford Festival production of the William Butler Yeats adaptation of the play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles.The actors performed wearing masks designed by Tanya Moiseiwitsch, as was the practice in Ancient Greek theatre.
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