Medea (1971)

  • NR
  • 10/28/1971 (US)
  • Drama, Fantasy
  • 1h 58m

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.

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Writer, Director

Cast

Maria Callas's headshot

Maria Callas

Medea
Massimo Girotti's headshot

Massimo Girotti

Creonte
Laurent Terzieff's headshot

Laurent Terzieff

Chirone
Giuseppe Gentile's headshot

Giuseppe Gentile

Giasone
Margareth Clémenti's headshot

Margareth Clémenti

Glauce
Paul Jabara's headshot

Paul Jabara

Pelias
Gerard Weiss's headshot

Gerard Weiss

Second Centaur
Sergio Tramonti's headshot

Sergio Tramonti

Apsirto, Medea's Brother

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