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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.
Dec 28, 1969 · 1h 58m
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Drama
Fantasy

PLOT

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.

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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
Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
IT
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Les Films Number One, Janus Film und Fernsehen, San Marco
Country
IT

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