beginning and end of the film in 1920s Italy is an invention of Pasolini. Awards Venice Film Festival Nominated for Golden Lion 1967 Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalist Won Silver Ribbon Alfredo Bini for Best Producer Luigi Scaccianoce for Best Production Design 1968 Kinema Junpo Awards Won Best Foreign Language Film 1970 See also Oedipus Rex Self-fulfilling prophecy References External links Oedipus Rex at Southbanklondon.com Films directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini Italian drama films 1960s Italian-language films Italian films based on plays Moroccan drama films Patricide in fiction Incest in film Films based on ancient Greek plays Films based on works by Sophocles Films based on classical mythology Films shot in Morocco Works based on Oedipus Rex Films shot in Rome Films shot in Italy Films about curses Films set in ancient Greece Films set in Greece Films set in the 5th century BC 1960s Italian films