Œdipe roi

Explore our selection of movies and TV shows œdipe roi

poster The Frogs Who Wanted a King
The Frogs Who Wanted a King
(3.6/5)
9mn - Animation, Fantasy
The frogs have a democracy, but they beseech Jupiter to send them a king. Jupiter can hardly believe this amphibian foolishness, so he sends them a tree as king. The frogs make obeisance to their new mona…
poster The Royal Bed
The Royal Bed
(2.9/5)
75mn - Comedy
The hapless king of a small European nation must put up with a domineering queen, a daughter who wants to elope with her boyfriend, a peasant revolt and a scheming general.
poster The Roman Orgy
The Roman Orgy
8mn - History, Drama
The tyrant Emperor Heliogabalus lives a life of debauchery and set lions loose among his guests.
poster The Monster
The Monster
2mn - Fantasy, Horror
An Egyptian prince has lost his beloved wife and he has sought a dervish who dwells at the base of the sphinx.
poster Hercules
Hercules
(2.7/5)
104mn - Fantasy, Adventure
In this melange of characters and events from separate mythological stories, Hercules, demigod and superman, arrives in the ancient Greek kingdom of Iolcus to tutor Iphitus, son of king Pelias; immediatel…
poster The Prophetess of Thebes
The Prophetess of Thebes
2mn - Fantasy
Partially lost film. One of the kings of ancient Thebes enters the abode of an astrologer and demands that he be told his future. The former utterly refuses to forecast the coming events of his sovereign,…
poster Robert Macaire and Bertrand
Robert Macaire and Bertrand
11mn - Comedy, Crime
Robert Macaire (Chevalier Macaire) was a noted criminal and assassin who appears in French plays. His name is renowned in French culture as that of the archetypal villain.
poster The King and the Jester
The King and the Jester
5mn - Comedy
French short about King Francis I and his jester Triboulet, who form the basis for Hugo's play Le roi s'amuse (and Verdi's opera Rigoletto).
poster Pay or Die
Pay or Die
(2.7/5)
97mn - Action
An underworld kingpin's daughter is kidnapped by his own men. So, he calls in Cleopatra Wong, a beautiful karate queen. She brings a team with her - a 300+ pound psychic and a female impersonator
poster Le Retour d'Ulysse
Le Retour d'Ulysse
(2.9/5)
11mn - History, Adventure
When Troy has fallen and Ulysses sets sail for home, his ships are driven to different lands, where his adventures are numerous, keeping him away from his native land for ten years. As time rolls on witho…
poster Tit-for-Tat
Tit-for-Tat
(3.1/5)
5mn - Fantasy
An entomologist guilty of trying to capture rare insects is condemned to be pinned on a giant cork.
poster The Regeneration
The Regeneration
(3.4/5)
72mn - Romance, Crime, Drama
At 10 years old, Owen becomes a ragged orphan when his mother dies. Abusive next-door neighbors the Conways take him in, and by 17, Owen has learned that might is right. At 25, he's a career gangster: loi…
poster Monsieur Beaucaire
Monsieur Beaucaire
(3/5)
106mn - Drama, Romance
The Duke of Chartres is in love with Princess Henriette, but she seemingly wants nothing to do with him. Eventually he grows tired of her insults and flees to England when Louis XV insists that the two ma…
poster Ancient Fistory
Ancient Fistory
(3.1/5)
7mn - Comedy, Animation, Family
It's the middle ages (sort of); Popeye is working in Bluto's Beanery. Bluto is going to the ball where Princess Olive will choose her mate. Popeye's fairy godpappy appears and it's a reverse Cinderella st…
poster The King of Paris
The King of Paris
(3.1/5)
64mn - Drama
The lives of two young men-- A virtuous artist who's renounced a background of riches and a debonair swindler proclaimed by many the King of Paris-- intersect when the artist's mother becomes the target o…
poster Ali Baba and the Seven Saracens
Ali Baba and the Seven Saracens
94mn - Action, Adventure, Romance
A bold rebel leader returns to his home city for a final showdown with a tyrannical king, only to find himself unexpectedly drawn to the ruler's captivating niece. As political intrigue and battle loom, h…
poster Judex
Judex
(3.6/5)
300mn - Adventure, Drama, Mystery
When an unscrupulous banker ruins his family, a young man swears to bring him to justice, so he adopts a new identity, the mysterious Judex, and ominously disguised and sunk into the muddy path of vengean…
poster Ulysses and the Giant Polyphemus
Ulysses and the Giant Polyphemus
4mn - Fantasy
An early horror treatment of the hero's encounter with the one-eyed man-eating Cyclops.
poster Salomé
Salomé
12mn - Drama
Based on Oscar Wilde's version of the story, what is noteworthy is the sheer luxury of the production, an attempt to capture the wild and weird Aubrey Beardsley illustrations that transfigure the work. Th…
poster The Fury of Achilles
The Fury of Achilles
(2.9/5)
118mn - War, Adventure, Drama
In the tenth year of the legendary siege of Troy, the invincible warrior Achilles withdraws from battle after a bitter dispute with King Agamemnon over a captive slave girl, leaving the Greek forces vulne…
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