Medea
In this hypnotic adaptation of Euripides’s immortal tragedy, Pier Paolo Pasolini casts opera diva Maria Callas (utterly arresting in her only film role) as the sorceress of Greek legend, whose separation from her homeland of Colchis and betrayal by her lover, Jason, lead her down a path of shocking vengeance. Melding Western myth with aesthetic and musical influences from numerous world cultures, Pasolini fashions a mesmerizing cinematic pageant that gathers in force until it explodes in rage and a stunningly nihilistic condemnation of injustice.
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Cast
- Maria Callas
- Medea
- Massimo Girotti
- Creon
- Laurent Terzieff
- Chiron
- Giuseppe Gentile
- Jason
- Margareth Clémenti
- Glauce
- Sergio Tramonti
- Apsirto
- Paul Jabara
- Pelias
- Anna Maria Chio
- Wet nurse
- Luigi Barbini
- Argonaut
- Gianni Brandizi
- Argonaut
- Franco Jacobbi
- Argonaut
Credits
- Director
- Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Written by
- Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Based on the play by
- Euripides
- Produced by
- Franco Rossellini
- Produced by
- Marina Cicogna
- Cinematography
- Ennio Guarnieri
- Sound
- Carlo Tarchi
- Edited by
- Nino Baragli
- Production design and set decoration
- Dante Ferretti
- Costume design
- Piero Tosi
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