Theban Plays: Oedipus the King (1986)
• September 16th, 1986 • 1h 51min
Drama
Overview
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.
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