Movie·1969·1h 58m
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.
Country
France
Language
Italian
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The Story
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.
Producer
Marina Cicogna, Franco Rossellini
Cinematography
Ennio Guarnieri
Editor
Nino Baragli
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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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
Mirella Pamphili
Graziella Chiarcossi
Glauce's Maid
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Crew
Nino Baragli
Editor
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Writer, Director
Marina Cicogna
Producer
Franco Rossellini
Producer
Georges Chappedelaine
Producer
Bino Cicogna
Producer
Ennio Guarnieri
Director of Photography
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