Edipo Re (1910)
- Directed by
- Giuseppe de Liguoro
- Genre
- silent film
- Country
- Italy
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This short silent film adapts the Greek tragedy of Oedipus. It shows the king of Thebes as he discovers a terrible prophecy about his own life.
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What happens
Edipo re è un cortometraggio muto italiano del 1910 diretto e interpretato da Giuseppe De Liguoro, tratto dall'omonima tragedia di Sofocle. La pellicola è la prima a trattare del mito di Edipo. Nel 1967 Pier Paolo Pasolini ne farà un'altra trasposizione cinematografica omonima. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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