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Basic facts

Original title Oedipus the King
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Production country
Production company
Classification Allowed from age 15
Dialogue

Cast

Orson Welles
tiresias

Cyril Cusack
budbäraren

Roger Livesey
herden

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Titles

Original title
Swedish release title

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Director of Photography
Author

Cast

Christopher Plummer oidipus
Lilli Palmer jocasta
Richard Johnson creon
Orson Welles tiresias
Cyril Cusack budbäraren
Roger Livesey herden
Donald Sutherland körledaren
Alex Mann (as Alexis Mantheakis) palatstjänstemannen
Demos Starenios prästen
Frederick Ledebur laius

Companies

Production Company Crossroads Films
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) Universal

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 107164
Date 1968-09-10
Classification Allowed from age 15


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 2.35:1
Sound type Sound
Sound system Optical mono
Colour type Colour
Colour system Technicolor
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24


Soundtrack listing

Holdings Film

The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se

Element type Print
Carrier type 35 mm


Holdings Posters

Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 1


Holdings Scripts

Script type Cutting continuity
Language English


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Colour prints SET
Slides 11
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck



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