Medea
★ 6.6·1971·1h 58min·Drama and 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.
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.
- Director
- Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Original language
- Italian
- Status
- Released (Oct 28, 1971)
Where to watch
- With a subscription
Cast
23 people
Maria CallasMedea
Massimo GirottiCreonte
Laurent TerzieffChirone
Giuseppe GentileGiasone
Margareth ClémentiGlauce
Paul JabaraPelias- GWGerard WeissSecond Centaur
Sergio TramontiApsirto, Medea's Brother- LBLuigi BarbiniArgonaut
- GPGian Paolo Durgar
- LMLuigi MasironiJason at 5
- MMMichelangelo MasironiJason at 13
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- GBGianni BrandiziArgonaut
- FJFranco JacobbiArgonaut
Annamaria ChioWet Nurse
Piera Degli EspostiWoman
Mirella Pamphili- GCGraziella ChiarcossiGlauce's Maid
Rossana CanghiariServant of Glauce (uncredited)
Maria Cumani QuasimodoUncredited- VJVladimer JulukhadzeUncredited
- MSMaria SmithMaid (uncredited)
- GTGiorgio TrombettiUncredited
