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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.

6.6/10(194)
1969
118 min
DramaFantasy

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.

Production

Les Films Number One · Janus Film und Fernsehen · San Marco

Cast & Characters

Maria Callas as Medea

Maria Callas

Medea

Massimo Girotti as Creonte

Massimo Girotti

Creonte

Laurent Terzieff as Chirone

Laurent Terzieff

Chirone

Giuseppe Gentile as Giasone

Giuseppe Gentile

Giasone

Margareth Clémenti as Glauce

Margareth Clémenti

Glauce

Paul Jabara as Pelias

Paul Jabara

Pelias

Gerard Weiss

Second Centaur

Sergio Tramonti as Apsirto, Medea's Brother

Sergio Tramonti

Apsirto, Medea's Brother

Luigi Barbini

Argonaut

Gian Paolo Durgar

Luigi Masironi

Jason at 5

Michelangelo Masironi

Jason at 13

Directors & Crew

P

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Director

P

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Writer

M

Marina Cicogna

Producer

F

Franco Rossellini

Producer

G

Georges Chappedelaine

Producer

B

Bino Cicogna

Producer

Screenshots & Stills

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