Oedipus Rex [videorecording] / an Arco Film Italy production, released by Euro International Films ; producer, Alfredo Bini ; director, Pier Paolo Pasolini.

Other Titles: Oedipus Rex.

Edition: Original, uncut, remastered version presented in widescreen format.

Publisher: [U.S.] : Water Bearer Films, c2003.

Description: 1 videodisc (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject: Feature films.

Credits: Music director, writer, script, and scenario by Pier Pasolini (based on Oedipus and Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles) ; editor, Nino Baragli ; director of photography, Giuseppe Ruzzolini ; art director, Luigi Scaccianoce ; sound, Carlo Tarchi.

Performers: Franco Citti (Oedipus), Silvana Mangano (Jocasta), Alida Valli (Merope), Carmelo Bene (Creon), Julian Beck (Tiresias), Pier Paolo Pasolini (High Priest).

Notes: Filmed May-July 1967 in the red deserts of Morocco.
Italian dialogue with English subtitles.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1967.
Credits taken from container, on-screen credits in Italian.

Summary: "A dark and riveting retelling of the classic Greek tragedy, 'Oedipus Rex'. Unknown to himself, Oedipus kills his father and marries his mother. When the truth is discovered, he puts out his eyes and Oedipus wanders the streets until he is found by his daughter, Antigone, a common blind beggar"--Container.