Franco Citti

Oedipus

Silvana Mangano

Jocasta, Queen of Thebes (and unnamed Italian young mother)

Alida Valli

Merope, Queen of Corinth

Carmelo Bene

Creon

Julian Beck

Tiresias

Luciano Bartoli

Laius, King of Thebes (and unnamed Italian young father)

Francesco Leonetti

Servo di Laio

Ahmed Belhachmi

Polybus, King of Corinth

Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia

Sacerdote

Giandomenico Davoli

Pastore di Polibo

Ninetto Davoli

Angelo

Laura Betti

Jocasta's Maid (uncredited)

Pier Paolo Pasolini

High Priest (uncredited)

Isabel Ruth

Jocasta's Maid with a Lamb (uncredited)