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…
| Directing | Pier Paolo Pasolini | Director |
| Writing | Pier Paolo Pasolini | Writer |
| Production | Alfredo Bini | Producer |
| Camera | Giuseppe Ruzzolini | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Nino Baragli | Editor |
| Art | Luigi Scaccianoce | Production Design |
| Art | Andrea Fantacci | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Danilo Donati | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Giulio Natalucci | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Goffredo Rocchetti | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Eliseo Boschi | Production Manager |
| Production | Mario Coccioletti | Production Supervisor |
| Sound | Carlo Tarchi | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Piero Cicoletti | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Writing | Sophocles | Theatre Play |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ernesta Cesetti | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maria Teresa Corridoni | Hairstylist |
| Directing | Jean-Claude Biette | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Benoît Lamy | Assistant Director |
| Art | Dante Ferretti | Assistant Production Design |
| Sound | Fausto Ancillai | Sound Mixer |
| Camera | Bruno Bruni | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Sergio Rubini | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Otello Spila | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Lina D'Amico | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Walter Fabrizio | Production Secretary |
