Theban Plays: Oedipus the King (1986)
Gênero : Drama
Runtime : 1H 51M
Director : Don Taylor
Sinopse
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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