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28/12/1969 Drama, Fantasy 1h 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.

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.

  1. Pier Paolo Pasolini

    Writer, Director

Top billed cast

  1. Maria Callas

    Medea

  2. Massimo Girotti

    Creonte

  3. Laurent Terzieff

    Chirone

  4. Giuseppe Gentile

    Giasone

  5. Margareth Clémenti

    Glauce

  6. Paul Jabara

    Pelias

  7. Gerard Weiss

    Second Centaur

  8. Sergio Tramonti

    Apsirto, Medea's Brother

  9. Luigi Barbini

    Argonaut

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Full Cast & Crew

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