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[Oedipus]
Also known as Oedipus Rex in the USA
(191?) France
B&W : Short film
Directed by (unknown)

Cast: (unknown)

Hecla production. / From the play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / [?] The film may have been produced in 1912. The film was released in the USA in 1913. The play was previously filmed as Oedipe roi (1908).

Drama: Historical.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: (unknown) [France]; Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 21 May 2008.

References: Bardèche-History pp. 44-45; Menefee-Bernhardt p. 92; Tarbox-Lost pp. 116, 146.