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Medea(1969)
Status: Released
Date: 1969-12-28
66%
186 Votes
Time: 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.
Languages: Italian.
Countries:
France,
Germany,
Italy
ProductionCompanies:
Les Films Number One
Janus Film und Fernsehen
San Marco
Movie: Medea
Top 10 Billed Cast
Maria Callas
Medea
Massimo Girotti
Creonte
Laurent Terzieff
Chirone
Giuseppe Gentile
Giasone
Margareth Clémenti
Glauce
Paul Jabara
Pelias
Sergio Tramonti
Apsirto, Medea's Brother
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