Medea

Dec 28, 1969

1h 58m

★ 6.6

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.

Genres

Drama

Fantasy

Production Companies

Les Films Number One

Janus Film und Fernsehen

San Marco

Medea Trailers

Cast

Medea

Maria Callas

Creonte

Massimo Girotti

Chirone

Laurent Terzieff

Giasone

Giuseppe Gentile

Glauce

Margareth Clémenti

Pelias

Paul Jabara

Second Centaur

Gerard Weiss

Apsirto, Medea's Brother

Sergio Tramonti

Argonaut

Luigi Barbini

Gian Paolo Durgar

Jason at 5

Luigi Masironi

Jason at 13

Michelangelo Masironi

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