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.
6.6(192) 1969-12-28 118 minDramaFantasy
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.
WriterPier Paolo Pasolini
DirectorPier Paolo Pasolini
ProducerMarina Cicogna
ProducerFranco Rossellini
ProducerGeorges Chappedelaine
ProducerBino Cicogna
Cast & characters
Maria Callas
as Medea
Massimo Girotti
as Creonte
Laurent Terzieff
as Chirone
Giuseppe Gentile
as Giasone
Margareth Clémenti
as Glauce
Paul Jabara
as Pelias
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Gerard Weiss
as Second Centaur
Sergio Tramonti
as Apsirto, Medea's Brother
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Luigi Barbini
as Argonaut
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Gian Paolo Durgar
as —
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Luigi Masironi
as Jason at 5
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Michelangelo Masironi
as Jason at 13
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Gianni Brandizi
as Argonaut
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Franco Jacobbi
as Argonaut
Annamaria Chio
as Wet Nurse
Piera Degli Esposti
as Woman
Mirella Pamphili
as —
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Graziella Chiarcossi
as Glauce's Maid
Rossana Canghiari
as Servant of Glauce (uncredited)
Maria Cumani Quasimodo
as (uncredited)
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Vladimer Julukhadze
as (uncredited)
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Maria Smith
as Maid (uncredited)
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Giorgio Trombetti
as (uncredited)
