marriage crisis,ritual,based on play or musical,greek mythology,medea,revenge,ancient greece,golden fleece,infanticide,greek tragedy

Medea (1970)

Poster for 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.

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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Pier Paolo Pasolini
  • Profile picture of Maria Callas
    Medea Maria Callas
  • Profile picture of Massimo Girotti
    Creonte Massimo Girotti
  • Profile picture of Laurent Terzieff
    Chirone Laurent Terzieff
  • Profile picture of Giuseppe Gentile
    Giasone Giuseppe Gentile
  • Profile picture of Margareth Clémenti
    Glauce Margareth Clémenti
  • Profile picture of Paul Jabara
    Pelias Paul Jabara
  • Profile picture of Sergio Tramonti
    Apsirto, Medea's Brother Sergio Tramonti
  • Profile picture of Annamaria Chio
    Wet Nurse Annamaria Chio

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