“She sacrifices something she loves, to harm someone who perhaps she loves even more.”
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.
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Cast
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Udo Kier
Jason
Known for
Hunters
Blade
Kirsten Olesen
Medea
Known for
Daisy Diamond
Henning Jensen
Kreon
Known for
The Kingdom
When the Dust Settles
Solbjørg Højfeldt
Ammen
Known for
The Kingdom
The Killing
Preben Lerdorff Rye
Paedragon
Known for
Babette's Feast
The Element of Crime
Baard Owe
Aiceus
Known for
The Kingdom
O'Horten
Ludmilla Glinska
Glauce
No other roles listed
Vera Gebuhr
Aeldre Terne
Known for
Gertrud
The Kingdom
Jonny Kilde
Store Dreng
No other roles listed
Richard Kilde
Lille Dreng
No other roles listed
Dick Kaysø
Jasons Stemme
Known for
The Nurse
Disney's House of Mouse
Mette Munk Plum
Glauces Stemme
Known for
The Kingdom
The Investigation
Lars von Trier Director · Carl Theodor Dreyer Screenplay Euripides Author
United States release April 18, 2003 · Produced in Denmark · Production Danmarks Radio (DR)
Production
DR
Production
Danmarks Radio (DR)
Production
Denmark
Produced in
Languages
Original language
Danish
Spoken on screen
Danish
Release dates
Denmark · April 1, 1988
TV
United States · April 18, 2003
Theatrical · New York City, New York
United States
January 8, 2026 · Premiere · Palm Springs International Film Festival
Greece
September 13, 2001 · Premiere · Athens Film Festival
April 16, 2009 · Limited theatrical
September 2, 2011 · Limited theatrical · Greek Film Archive
Hungary
March 31, 2004 · Theatrical
Netherlands
August 1, 2006 · Physical · DVD
Sweden
August 8, 1989 · Theatrical
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