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Ultra-rare film of Sophocles' Masterpiece Oedipus the King from 1968 starring:

Christopher Plummer as Oedipus
Orson Welles as Tiresias
Lilli Palmer
Richard Johnson
Cyril Cusack
Roger Livesey
and Donald Sutherland as Chorus Leader

- Directed by Philip Saville
- Translation by Paul Roche
- Filmed on location in Greece

The only other ancient Greek plays that have been produced for the screen as major motion pictures have been Michael Cacoyannis's Euripidean films of Iphigenia, Elektra and Trojan Women and Manos Katrakis's Antigone...all of which are available on my channel (in complete form).

I am utterly shocked that not one company (not even Kino!) has decided to remaster this Christopher Plummer Oedipus masterpiece for the benefit of the public. It has never made it to official dvd so it is left to people like me who have to hunt down a poor worn out vhs copy (copied from tv for that matter), have it transferred to dvd before uploading it! Perhaps if enough people plea to an independent film archive or dvd company (like Kino for instance) we can have this classic from 1968 as a dvd or even blu-ray!

I hope a revival of the Greek classics can make an appearance in film before our generation is up!

Nevertheless..............PLEASE ENJOY!!!