
Medea (1970)
6.6|28 Jan, 1970|118 min
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|28 Jan, 1970|118 min
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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.
Keywords
marriage crisis
ritual
based on play or musical
greek mythology
medea
revenge
ancient greece
golden fleece
infanticide
greek tragedy
Casts

Maria Callas
Medea

Massimo Girotti
Creonte

Laurent Terzieff
Chirone

Giuseppe Gentile
Giasone

Margareth Clémenti
Glauce

Paul Jabara
Pelias
Gerard Weiss
Second Centaur

Sergio Tramonti
Apsirto, Medea's Brother
Luigi Barbini
Argonaut
Gian Paolo Durgar
Luigi Masironi
Jason at 5
Michelangelo Masironi
Jason at 13
Gianni Brandizi
Argonaut
Franco Jacobbi
Argonaut

Annamaria Chio
Wet Nurse

Piera Degli Esposti
Woman

Mirella Pamphili
Graziella Chiarcossi
Glauce's Maid

Rossana Canghiari
Servant of Glauce (uncredited)

Maria Cumani Quasimodo
(uncredited)
Vladimer Julukhadze
(uncredited)
Maria Smith
Maid (uncredited)
Giorgio Trombetti
(uncredited)

Rita Savagnone
Voice Dubbing: Maria Callas / Medea (voice) (uncredited)

Pino Colizzi
Voice Dubbing: Giuseppe Gentile / Jason (voice) (uncredited)

Enrico Maria Salerno
Voice Dubbing: Laurent Terzieff / Centaur (voice) (uncredited)
Crews

Pier Paolo Pasolini
Director

Pier Paolo Pasolini
Writer

Nino Baragli
Editor

Dante Ferretti
Production Design

Piero Tosi
Costume Design
Nicola Tamburo
Construction Coordinator

Euripides
Theatre Play

Marina Cicogna
Producer

Franco Rossellini
Producer
Klaus Hellwig
Associate Producer
Pierre Kalfon
Associate Producer

Dante Ferretti
Set Decoration
Goffredo Rocchetti
Makeup Artist
Romolo Sensoli
Makeup Artist
Maria Teresa Corridoni
Hairstylist
Marcella De Marzi
Hairstylist
Fernando Franchi
Production Manager
Sergio Galiano
Production Supervisor
Pietro Nardi
Production Supervisor
Carlo Carunchio
Assistant Director

Sergio Citti
Assistant Director
Italo Tomassi
Painter
Carlo Tarchi
Sound
Pasquale Rachini
Assistant Camera
Giorgio Urbinelli
Assistant Camera
Sergio Salvati
Camera Operator
Mario Tursi
Still Photographer
Piero Cicoletti
Assistant Costume Designer

Gabriella Pescucci
Assistant Costume Designer
Beatrice Banfi
Script Supervisor
Georges Chappedelaine
Producer
Bino Cicogna
Producer

Margherita Autuori
Publicist
Aureliano Lalli Persiani
Administration
Enrico Lucherini
Publicist
Paolo Luciani
Production Secretary
Matteo Spinola
Publicist

Ennio Guarnieri
Director of Photography
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