The cast of Oedipus the King - 1968 includes: Minos Argyrakis as Chorus Cyril Cusack as Messenger Jenny Damianopoulou as Handmaiden Manos Destounis as Chorus George Dialegmenos as Chorus Valentine Dyall as Chorus leader Takis Emmanuel as Chorus Richard Johnson as Creon Roger Livesey as Shepherd Oenone Luke as Antigone Cressida Luke as Xemene Alexandros Maniatakis as Chorus Alexis Mann as Palace Official Giorgos Oikonomou as Chorus Lilli Palmer as Jocasta Panagiotis Panagiotopoulos as Chorus Nikos Pashalidis as Chorus Christopher Plummer as Oedipus Paul Roche as Chorus Ahilleas Skordilis as Chorus Dimos Starenios as Priest Grigoris Stefanides as Chorus Donald Sutherland as Chorus Leader Costas Themos as Chorus Friedrich von Ledebur as King Laius Orson Welles as Tiresias Mary Xenoudaki as Handmaiden Giorgos Zaifidis as Chorus
The cast of The Bill Cosby Special - 1968 includes: Bill Cosby as himself Sheldon Leonard as himself
The main movies in which Antigone is compared or mentioned are those that are based upon the three Theban plays in which her character first occurs. The suite of plays calledOedipus Rex*, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone are all available in filmed versions.The play 'Antigone' may be found in three well known movie versions. One is the 1961/1962 version that director/writer Yorgos Javellas [1916-1976] and producer Demetrios Paris based upon the original play by Sophocles [496 B.C.E.** - 406 B.C.E.]. Another is the 1974 version that director Gerald Freedman [b. June 25, 1927] and writers Jean Marie Lucien Pierre Anouilh [June 23, 1910-October 3, 1987] and Lewis Galantiere [1895-1977] based upon Anouilh's play. Still another is the 1984 television version by director Don Taylor [June 30, 1936-November 11, 2003], who also filmed 'Oedipus at Colonus' and 'Oedipus Rex'.The play 'Oedipus Rex' is the most filmed of the three dramatic tragedies. There are four well known movie versions, including the Taylor version mentioned above. The 1957 version by director Sir William Tyrone Guthrie [July 2, 1900-May 15, 1971] and Abraham Lincoln Polonsky [December 5, 1910-October 26, 1999], and by producer Leonid Kipnis [October 10, 1899-September 13, 1968] is based upon the English translation by William Butler Yeats [June 13, 1865-January 28, 1939]. The 1967 version is by director Pier Paolo Pasolini [March 5, 1922-November 2, 1975] and producer Alfredo Bini [b. December 12, 1926]. The 1968 version is by director Philip Saville [b. October 28, 1930] and producer Michael Charles Deane Luke [March 21, 1925-March 24, 2005].*Also called 'Oedipus the King' and 'Oedipus Tyrannos'**Before the Christian Era
The winner of the Miss Universe contest in 1968 was Martha Vasconcellos from Brazil.
The winner of the 1968 Miss America pageant was Debra Dene Barnes, Miss Kansas.
The winner of Miss America in 1968 was Debra Dene Barnes from Moran, Kansas.
The cast of Daewongun - 1968 includes: Am Park
The cast of Bharya - 1968 includes: Vanisri
The cast of Okbinyeo - 1968 includes: Am Park
The cast of Devakanya - 1968 includes: Mikkilineni
The cast of Jaehon - 1968 includes: Am Park
The cast of Owolsaeng - 1968 includes: Am Park
The cast of Pungwoon - 1968 includes: Am Park
The cast of Yeomajaeok - 1968 includes: Hae Hwang
The cast of Food - 1968 includes: Leena Valasmo
The cast of Amma - 1968 includes: Pandharibai Rajkumar
The cast of Ferije - 1968 includes: Gianni Pavin
The cast of Hyojamun - 1968 includes: Hie Mun