Movie Details

Title

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

Overview

Plagues are ravaging Thebes, and the blind fortune-teller Tieresias tells Oedipus, the King, that the gods are unhappy. The murder of the former king has gone unavenged, and Oedipus sets out to find the killer.

Runtime

1 h 51 min

Release Date

16 September 1986

Actors

Michael Pennington, Claire Bloom, John Gielgud, John Shrapnel, Cyril Cusack, Michael Byrne, Ernest Clark, David Collings, Donald Eccles, Robert Eddison, Clifford Rose, Alan Rowe, Nigel Stock, John Woodnutt, Norman Rodway, David Waller, Gerard Murphy, Cassie Shilling, Kelly Huntley, Lincoln Saunders

Certification

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Genres

Drama

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