Medea
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.
1969-12-28 | 118 minutes
Plot Summary
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
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Maria CallasMedea
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Massimo GirottiCreonte
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Laurent TerzieffChirone
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Giuseppe GentileGiasone
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Margareth ClémentiGlauce
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Paul JabaraPelias
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Sergio TramontiApsirto, Medea's Brother
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Annamaria ChioWet Nurse
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Piera Degli EspostiWoman
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Mirella Pamphili
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Rossana CanghiariServant of Glauce (uncredited)
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Maria Cumani Quasimodo(uncredited)