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.
6.6
194 votes
1969
1h 58m
Drama
Fantasy
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.
Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini
Top cast
Maria Callas
Medea
Massimo Girotti
Creonte
Laurent Terzieff
Chirone
Giuseppe Gentile
Giasone
Margareth Clémenti
Glauce
Paul Jabara
PeliasG
Gerard Weiss
Second Centaur
Sergio Tramonti
Apsirto, Medea's BrotherL
Luigi Barbini
ArgonautG
Gian Paolo Durgar
L
Luigi Masironi
Jason at 5M
Michelangelo Masironi
Jason at 13G
Gianni Brandizi
ArgonautF
Franco Jacobbi
Argonaut
Annamaria Chio
Wet Nurse
Piera Degli Esposti
Woman
Mirella Pamphili
G
Graziella Chiarcossi
Glauce's Maid
Rossana Canghiari
Servant of Glauce (uncredited)
Maria Cumani Quasimodo
(uncredited)Details
Status
Released
Release date
December 28, 1969
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Language
Italian
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