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6.6/10 • 181

1969-12-281h 58m

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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.

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.

Directors
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Writters
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Editors
Pier Paolo Pasolini, Nino Baragli

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Maria Callas

    Maria Callas

    Medea

  2. Massimo Girotti

    Massimo Girotti

    Creonte

  3. Laurent Terzieff

    Laurent Terzieff

    Chirone

  4. Giuseppe Gentile

    Giuseppe Gentile

    Giasone

  5. Margareth Clémenti

    Margareth Clémenti

    Glauce

  6. Paul Jabara

    Paul Jabara

    Pelias

  7. Gerard Weiss

    Gerard Weiss

    Second Centaur

  8. Sergio Tramonti

    Sergio Tramonti

    Apsirto, Medea's Brother

  9. Luigi Barbini

    Luigi Barbini

    Argonaut

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Status
Released
Original Language
Italian
Budget
--
Revenue
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Keywords
marriage crisisritualbased on play or musicalgreek mythologymedearevengeancient greecegolden fleeceinfanticidegreek tragedy