Medea

Pier Paolo Pasolini
1970-01-28

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.
6.6
118 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Maria Callas Medea Unowned
Massimo Girotti Creonte Unowned
Laurent Terzieff Chirone Unowned
Giuseppe Gentile Giasone Unowned
Margareth Clémenti Glauce Unowned
Paul Jabara Pelias Unowned
Gerard Weiss Second Centaur Unowned
Sergio Tramonti Apsirto, Medea's Brother Unowned
Luigi Barbini Argonaut Unowned
Gian Paolo Durgar Unowned
Luigi Masironi Jason at 5 Unowned
Michelangelo Masironi Jason at 13 Unowned
Gianni Brandizi Argonaut Unowned
Franco Jacobbi Argonaut Unowned
Annamaria Chio Wet Nurse Unowned
Piera Degli Esposti Woman Unowned
Mirella Pamphili Unowned
Graziella Chiarcossi Glauce's Maid Unowned
Rossana Canghiari Servant of Glauce (uncredited) Unowned
Maria Cumani Quasimodo (uncredited) Unowned
Vladimer Julukhadze (uncredited) Unowned
Maria Smith Maid (uncredited) Unowned
Giorgio Trombetti (uncredited) Unowned
Rita Savagnone Voice Dubbing: Maria Callas / Medea (voice) (uncredited) Unowned
Pino Colizzi Voice Dubbing: Giuseppe Gentile / Jason (voice) (uncredited) Unowned
Enrico Maria Salerno Voice Dubbing: Laurent Terzieff / Centaur (voice) (uncredited) Unowned