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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.

6.6 average rating
6.6
Italian / 118 MIN. / 1969

The Genres

The Synopsis

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.

The Cast

Maria CallasMassimo GirottiLaurent TerzieffGiuseppe GentileMargareth ClémentiPaul JabaraGerard WeissSergio TramontiLuigi BarbiniGian Paolo DurgarLuigi MasironiMichelangelo MasironiGianni BrandiziFranco JacobbiAnnamaria ChioPiera Degli EspostiMirella PamphiliGraziella ChiarcossiRossana CanghiariMaria Cumani QuasimodoVladimer JulukhadzeMaria SmithGiorgio Trombetti

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