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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.

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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.

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Cast

  • Maria Callas Maria Callas Medea
  • Massimo Girotti Massimo Girotti Creonte
  • Laurent Terzieff Laurent Terzieff Chirone
  • Giuseppe Gentile Giuseppe Gentile Giasone
  • Margareth Clémenti Margareth Clémenti Glauce
  • Paul Jabara Paul Jabara Pelias
  • Gerard Weiss Second Centaur
  • Sergio Tramonti 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 Annamaria Chio Wet Nurse
  • Piera Degli Esposti Piera Degli Esposti Woman
  • Mirella Pamphili Mirella Pamphili
  • Graziella Chiarcossi Glauce's Maid