Medea

Medea

It's a movie about a woman who beheads her brother, stabs her children, and sends her lover's wife up in flames. For Maria Callas, it's a natural.

19691h 58mDramaFantasy
6.6

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Overview

Based on the plot of Euripides' Medea. Medea centers on the barbarian protagonist as she finds her position in the Greek world threatened, and the revenge she takes against her husband Jason who has betrayed her for another woman.

Cast

Maria CallasMaria CallasMedea
Massimo GirottiMassimo GirottiCreonte
Laurent TerzieffLaurent TerzieffChirone
Giuseppe GentileGiuseppe GentileGiasone
Margareth ClémentiMargareth ClémentiGlauce
Paul JabaraPaul JabaraPelias
Gerard WeissSecond Centaur
Sergio TramontiSergio TramontiApsirto, Medea's Brother
Luigi BarbiniArgonaut
Gian Paolo Durgar
Luigi MasironiJason at 5
Michelangelo MasironiJason at 13

Crew

DirectorPier Paolo Pasolini

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Details

Release DateDecember 28, 1969
LanguagesItalian
StudiosLes Films Number One, Janus Film und Fernsehen, San Marco

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