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.
Ratings
3.5
Cast
Maria Callas
Medea
Massimo Girotti
Creonte
Laurent Terzieff
Chirone
Giuseppe Gentile
Giasone
Margareth Clémenti
Glauce
Paul Jabara
Pelias
Gerard Weiss
Second Centaur
Sergio Tramonti
Apsirto, Medea's Brother
Luigi Barbini
Argonaut
Gian Paolo Durgar
Luigi Masironi
Jason at 5
Michelangelo Masironi
Jason at 13
Gianni Brandizi
Argonaut
Franco Jacobbi
Argonaut
Annamaria Chio
Wet Nurse
Piera Degli Esposti
Woman
Mirella Pamphili
Graziella Chiarcossi
Glauce's Maid
Rossana Canghiari
Servant of Glauce (uncredited)
Maria Cumani Quasimodo
(uncredited)
Vladimer Julukhadze
(uncredited)
Maria Smith
Maid (uncredited)
Giorgio Trombetti
(uncredited)
Rita Savagnone
Voice Dubbing: Maria Callas / Medea (voice) (uncredited)
Pino Colizzi
Voice Dubbing: Giuseppe Gentile / Jason (voice) (uncredited)
Enrico Maria Salerno
Voice Dubbing: Laurent Terzieff / Centaur (voice) (uncredited)
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Details
Release Date
1970-01-28
Runtime
118 min
Original Language
Italian
Languages
Italian
Production Companies
Les Films Number One
Janus Film und Fernsehen
San Marco
Countries
France
Germany
Italy
Genres
Drama
Fantasy