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.”
1969•1h 58m•6.7•Released
DramaFantasy
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.
Director
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Writer
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Languages
Italian
Studio
Les Films Number One
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
Luigi Masironi
Jason at 5
Michelangelo Masironi
Jason at 13
Gianni Brandizi
Argonaut
Franco Jacobbi
Argonaut
Annamaria Chio
Wet Nurse
Production
Company
Les Films Number One
Company
Janus Film und Fernsehen
Company
San Marco
Producer
Marina Cicogna
Producer
Franco Rossellini
Producer
Georges Chappedelaine
Producer
Bino Cicogna
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