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Filmed by the famed British actor/director Sir Tyrone Guthrie, this elegant version of Sophocles' important play adds a brilliant stroke--the actors wear masks just as the Greeks did in the playwright's day. The story of Oedipus' gradual discovery of his primal crime--killing his father and marrying his mother--has influenced many of the great plays, films and books of all time. When this landmark film production of one of the great dramas ever appeared, it was hailed from all corners: "Spectacular and awesome...this film is a jewel of great price!" raved The New York Times.

Directed By: Barbara Franklin , Donald Davis
Written By: Sophocles, William Butler Yeats

Barbara Franklin
Donald Davis
Douglas Campbell
Douglas Rain
Naomi Cameron
Tyrone Guthrie
William Shatner
Eleanor Stuart
Eric House
Robert Goodier
Tony Van Bridge
William Hutt

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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!!!