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Afiche de Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

Drama · 1986 · 1h 51min

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King.

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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.

Director: Don Taylor

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Michael Pennington

Michael Pennington

Claire Bloom

John Gielgud

John Shrapnel

Cyril Cusack

Michael Byrne

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🇬🇧Reino UnidoSep 16, 1986

IMDb

7.6 /10

142 votes

Rotten Tomatoes

The tomato isn't ripe

Metacritic

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TMDB

4.5 /10

2 votes

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Weighted average

6.2/10

IMDb7.6
TMDB4.5