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Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
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Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

1986
Directed byDon Taylor
1h 51m

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.

CAST
Michael PenningtonOedipus RexClaire BloomJocastaJohn GielgudTieresias
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GENRES
Drama
STATUSReleased
PRODUCTION
BBC
RATING
4.5

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