In pre-war Italy, a young couple have a baby boy. The father, however, is jealous of his son - and the scene moves to antiquity, where the baby is taken into the desert to be killed. He is rescued, given the name Edipo (Oedipus), and brought up by the King and Queen of Corinth as their son. One day an oracle informs Edipo that he is destined to kill his father and marry his mother. Horrified, he flees Corinth and his supposed parents - only to get into a fight and kill an older man on the road…
Silvana Mangano
as Giocasta
Franco Citti
as Edipo
Alida Valli
as Merope
Carmelo Bene
as Creonte
Julian Beck
as Tiresia
Luciano Bartoli
as Laio
Francesco Leonetti
as Servo di Laio
Ahmed Bellashmi
as Polibo
Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia
as Sacerdote
Giandomenico Davoli
as Pastore di Polibo
Ninetto Davoli
as Angelo
Laura Betti
as Jocasta's Maid (uncredited)
