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Edipo re
Oedipus Rex is a 1967 Italian film directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. Pasolini adapted the screenplay from the Greek tragedy Oedipus the King written by Sophocles in 428 BC.
A son is born to a young couple in pre-war Italy. The father, motivated by jealousy, takes the baby into the desert to be...
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Alida Valli
Alida Valli (31 May 1921 – 22 April 2006), sometimes simply credited as Valli, was an Italian actress who appeared in over 100 films, including Mario Soldati's Piccolo mondo antico, Alfred Hitchcock's The Paradine Case, Carol Reed's The Third Man,...
Julian Beck
Julian Beck (May 31, 1925 – September 14, 1985) was an American actor, director, poet, and painter.
Beck was born in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan in New York City, the son of Mabel Lucille (née Blum), a teacher, and Irving Beck, a...
Silvana Mangano
Silvana Mangano (21 April 1930 – 16 December 1989) was an Italian actress.
Raised in poverty during World War II, Mangano trained as a dancer and worked as a model before winning a "Miss Rome" beauty pageant in 1946. This led to work in films; she...
Franco Citti
Franco Citti (born 23 April 1938 in Rome) is an Italian actor. He came to fame at the age of 26, playing the title role in Pier Paolo Pasolini's film Accattone. In 1967 he appeared in the title role in Pasolini's version of Oedipus Rex.
He is...
Ninetto Davoli
Ninetto Davoli (born 11 October 1948 as Giovanni Davoli) is an Italian actor who became known through his roles in several of Pier Paolo Pasolini's films.
Davoli was born in San Pietro a Maida, Calabria. He was discovered by poet, novelist and film...
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Pier Paolo Pasolini (March 5, 1922 – November 2, 1975) was an Italian poet, intellectual, film director, and writer. Pasolini distinguished himself as a journalist, philosopher, linguist, novelist, playwright, filmmaker, newspaper and magazine...
Carmelo Bene
Carmelo Bene (1 September 1937 – 16 March 2002) was an Italian actor, film director and screenwriter. He appeared in 20 films between 1967 and 2002.
