Medea
1969 · Movie · 118 min · ★ 6.6 · 65% critics
Medea retells Euripides’ tragedy about a woman whose place in a Greek world feels threatened. After her husband betrays her for another woman, she unleashes a revenge that turns the story increasingly dark and brutal.
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Details
- Years
- 1969
- Release date
- 1969-12-28
- Language
- Italian
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Critic score
- 65/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (190 votes)
About
If you want a bold retelling of a classic tragedy with intense emotional conflict, you may like Medea; Not for you if you dislike grim revenge stories or avoid challenging reinterpretations like Oedipus Rex.
Pros: mythic, intense performances; bold reinterpretation | Cons: grim revenge; harsh reception
Themes
- marriage crisis
- ritual
- based on play or musical
- greek mythology
- medea
- revenge
- ancient greece
- golden fleece
- infanticide
- greek tragedy
Cast & crew
Maria Callas
as Medea
Massimo Girotti
as Creonte
Laurent Terzieff
as Chirone
Giuseppe Gentile
as Giasone
Margareth Clémenti
as Glauce
Paul Jabara
as Pelias
- GW
Gerard Weiss
as Second Centaur
Sergio Tramonti
as Apsirto, Medea's Brother
- LB
Luigi Barbini
as Argonaut
- GD
Gian Paolo Durgar
Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini