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title: 'Oedipus the King (1968)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Philip Saville'
released: '1968-01-01'
genres:
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/oedipus-the-king-1968'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063376/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Oedipus the King (1968)

1968 · History · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

Oedipus the King is a 1968 British film adaptation of the Sophoclean tragedy Oedipus Rex, directed and co-written by Philip Saville. It stars Christopher Plummer as the title character, Orson Welles as Tiresias, Lilli Palmer as Jocasta, Richard Johnson as Creon and Donald Sutherland as the leading member of the Chorus, though the latter's voice was dubbed by Valentine Dyall. The score was composed by Jani Christou.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Philip Saville](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-saville)
- **Director of Photography:** [Walter Lassally](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-lassally)

## Cast

- [Christopher Plummer](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-plummer)

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