Medea (1969)

Medea (1969)

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.

Release Date: 1969, December 28
Directors: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Countries: Germany, France, Italy
Production: Les Films Number One, Janus Film und Fernsehen, Janus Film und Fernsehen, Janus Film und Fernsehen, San Marco, San Marco, San Marco
Cast: Rossana Canghiari, Maria Callas, Paul Jabara, Massimo Girotti, Piera Degli Esposti, Laurent Terzieff, Margareth Clémenti, Sergio Tramonti, Maria Smith, Maria Cumani Quasimodo, Annamaria Chio, Michelangelo Masironi

Overview:

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.