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.
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Cast
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Maria Callas
Medea
Also in
Maria Callas: Toujours (Paris 1958)
Maria Callas: At Covent Garden, 1962 and 1964
Massimo Girotti
Creonte
Known for
Theorem
Obsession
Laurent Terzieff
Chirone
Known for
The Milky Way
Woman in Chains
Giuseppe Gentile
Giasone
Known for
RIPLEY
Margareth Clémenti
Glauce
Known for
Arabian Nights
Fellini's Casanova
Paul Jabara
Pelias
Known for
Light Sleeper
The Lords of Flatbush
Gerard Weiss
Second Centaur
No other roles listed
Sergio Tramonti
Apsirto, Medea's Brother
Known for
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
Luigi Barbini
Argonaut
Known for
The Gospel According to St. Matthew
Theorem
Gian Paolo Durgar
Luigi Masironi
Jason at 5
Also in
The Grand Duel
Michelangelo Masironi
Jason at 13
Also in
The Grand Duel
Pier Paolo Pasolini Director · Euripides Author Ennio Guarnieri Cinematographer
United States release October 28, 1971 · Produced in France, Germany, Italy · Production Janus Film und Fernsehen, San Marco
Production
Les Films Number One
Production
Janus Film und Fernsehen
Production
San Marco
Production
New Line Cinema
Studio
France · Germany · Italy
Produced in
Languages
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
Italy · December 28, 1969
Theatrical · Milan
United States · October 28, 1971
Theatrical · New York City, New York
United States · March 30, 1999
Physical · VHS
United States
December 6, 2011 · Physical · DVD & Blu-ray
France
January 28, 1970 · Theatrical
January 7, 2004 · Theatrical · Re-release
October 16, 2013 · Theatrical · Re-release
November 15, 2017 · Theatrical · Re-release
Germany
April 17, 1972 · TV · West Germany
January 2, 1988 · TV · East Germany
March 20, 2008 · Physical · DVD
Italy
July 12, 2003 · Physical · DVD
Japan
July 17, 1970 · Theatrical
Portugal
May 28, 1973 · Theatrical
Spain
December 3, 1999 · Theatrical
Sweden
November 30, 1970 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
December 19, 1974 · Theatrical
September 18, 1990 · Physical · VHS
December 5, 2011 · Physical · Blu-ray
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