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Artists who fell for Morocco

Pier Paolo Pasolini

He staged Sophocles' Thebes in the kasbahs of the south.

  • From: Italy
  • Their art: filmmaker, writer
  • In Morocco: 1967 shoot
  • Made here or about here: Oedipus Rex (1967)

Where in Morocco

  • Ouarzazate: main filming
  • Aït Benhaddou: filming
  • Zagora: filming
Sources, checked 2026-11-15
  1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oedipus_Rex_(1967_film)

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