Medea (1969)
19/12/1974 (GB)
Drama, Fantasy
1h 58m
- 66% (182 votes)
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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.
- Pier Paolo PasoliniDirector, Writer
Status
Released
Original Language
Italian
Keywords
- marriage crisis
- ritual
- based on play or musical
- greek mythology
- medea
- revenge
- ancient greece
- golden fleece
- infanticide
- greek tragedy
Top Billed Cast
Maria Callas
Medea
Massimo Girotti
Creonte
Laurent Terzieff
Chirone
Giuseppe Gentile
Giasone
Margareth Clémenti
Glauce
Paul Jabara
Pelias
Gerard Weiss
Second Centaur
Sergio Tramonti
Apsirto, Medea's Brother
Luigi Barbini
Argonaut
Gian Paolo Durgar
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