Film
Medea
1969 · 1h 58m · Drama · Fantasy
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.
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- 6.9
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- 73%
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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.
Where to watch
Criterion Channel
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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
Piera Degli Esposti
Woman
Crew
- Pier Paolo PasoliniDirector · Writer
- Marina CicognaProducer
- Franco RosselliniProducer
- Georges ChappedelaineProducer
- Bino CicognaProducer
- Ennio GuarnieriDirector of Photography
- Nino BaragliEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- December 28, 1969
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Italian
- Runtime
- 1h 58m
- Rated
- 12
- Genres
- Drama, Fantasy
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