Oedipus Rex (1957 film)
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Director Tyrone Guthrie Duration Country Canada | 6.8/10 IMDb Genre Drama Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writer William Butler Yeats , Sophocles Release date January 6, 1957 (1957-01-06) Based on Oedipus the King
by Sophocles Cast Douglas Campbell , Douglas Rain , William Hutt , Eric House , Tony Van Bridge Similar movies Wrath of the Titans , Clash of the Titans , Clash of the Titans , 300: Rise of an Empire , Troy , Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief Tagline A Shattering Experience! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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, as was the practice in Ancient Greek theatre.
Song
After the film was released comedic musician Tom Lehrer, noting that the film lacked a theme song "the people could hum", composed "Oedipus Rex", a satirical "theme song" for the film. The song is included on Lehrer's album An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer.
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Oedipus Rex (1957 film) IMDb Oedipus Rex (1957 film) themoviedb.org