Medea

Medea

1969
1h 58m
6.6

6.6/10

188 votes • View on IMDb
Drama Fantasy

"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."

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.

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Status: Released

Language: IT

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Production Information

Production Companies
Les Films Number One Janus Film und Fernsehen San Marco
Production Countries
France Germany Italy
Spoken Languages
Italian

Keywords

marriage crisis ritual based on play or musical greek mythology medea revenge ancient greece golden fleece infanticide greek tragedy

Quick Facts

Release Date December 28, 1969
Status Released
Language IT
IMDb ID tt0066065

Cast

Maria Callas
Maria Callas

Medea

Massimo Girotti
Massimo Girotti

Creonte

Laurent Terzieff
Laurent Terzieff

Chirone

Giuseppe Gentile
Giuseppe Gentile

Giasone

Margareth Clémenti
Margareth Clémenti

Glauce

Paul Jabara
Paul Jabara

Pelias

Gerard Weiss
Gerard Weiss

Second Centaur

Sergio Tramonti
Sergio Tramonti

Apsirto, Medea's Brother

Luigi Barbini
Luigi Barbini

Argonaut

Gian Paolo Durgar
Gian Paolo Durgar

Luigi Masironi
Luigi Masironi

Jason at 5

Michelangelo Masironi
Michelangelo Masironi

Jason at 13

Key Crew

Pier Paolo Pasolini
Director
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Writer
Marina Cicogna
Producer
Franco Rossellini
Producer
Georges Chappedelaine
Producer
Bino Cicogna
Producer