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Medea (1969)

1h 58m · 28 Dec 1969

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.

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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.

Movie ID39007
GenreDrama, Fantasy
DirectorPier Paolo Pasolini
Main castMaria Callas, Massimo Girotti, Laurent Terzieff, Giuseppe Gentile, Margareth Clémenti, Paul Jabara, Gerard Weiss, Sergio Tramonti
Release date28 December 1969
Release year1969
LanguageItalian
Duration118 min (1h 58m)
Rating6.7 / 10 (TMDB)
Production houseLes Films Number One

Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Writers: Pier Paolo Pasolini

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Maria CallasMedea Massimo GirottiCreonte Laurent TerzieffChirone Giuseppe GentileGiasone Margareth ClémentiGlauce Paul JabaraPelias
Gerard WeissSecond Centaur
Sergio TramontiApsirto, Medea's Brother
Luigi BarbiniArgonaut
Gian Paolo Durgar
Luigi MasironiJason at 5
Michelangelo MasironiJason at 13
Gianni BrandiziArgonaut
Franco JacobbiArgonaut
Annamaria ChioWet Nurse Piera Degli EspostiWoman Mirella Pamphili
Graziella ChiarcossiGlauce's Maid
Rossana CanghiariServant of Glauce (uncredited) Maria Cumani Quasimodo(uncredited)

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