Medea

Medea (1970)

19/12/1974 (GB)
Drama, Fantasy
1h 58m

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

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

Second Centaur

Sergio Tramonti

Sergio Tramonti

Apsirto, Medea's Brother

Luigi Barbini

Argonaut

Gian Paolo Durgar

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