Medea (2003)

  • NR
  • 04/18/2003 (US)
  • Drama, TV Movie
  • 1h 16m

She sacrifices something she loves, to harm someone who perhaps she loves even more.

Overview

Medea after having helped the man she loves, Jason, and given him to birth two children, is driven into fury and vengeful madness after he decides to abandon her to become successor to the throne by marring Glauce, the daughter of Creon, king of Corinth.

Lars von Trier

Director

Carl Theodor Dreyer

Screenplay

Cast

Udo Kier's headshot

Udo Kier

Jason
Kirsten Olesen's headshot

Kirsten Olesen

Medea
Henning Jensen's headshot

Henning Jensen

Kreon
Solbjørg Højfeldt's headshot

Solbjørg Højfeldt

Ammen
Preben Lerdorff Rye's headshot

Preben Lerdorff Rye

Paedragon
Baard Owe's headshot

Baard Owe

Aiceus
Ludmilla Glinska's headshot

Ludmilla Glinska

Glauce
Vera Gebuhr's headshot

Vera Gebuhr

Aeldre Terne

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