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6.6Based 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.
Released: 1969-12-28118 minDir: Pier Paolo PasoliniDrama, Fantasy
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Cast
- Maria Callas as Medea
- Massimo Girotti as Creonte
- Laurent Terzieff as Chirone
- Giuseppe Gentile as Giasone
- Margareth Clémenti as Glauce
- Paul Jabara as Pelias
Themes
- marriage crisis
- ritual
- based on play or musical
- greek mythology
- medea
- revenge
- ancient greece
- golden fleece
- infanticide
- greek tragedy
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Ratings
IMDb
6.9/10
5,804 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
73%
- Year
- 1969
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Genres
- Drama, Fantasy
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Awards
- 2 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- pritcha
- Country of origin
- West Germany
- Original language
- Italian
- Based on
- Medea
- Director
- Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Screenwriter
- Euripides
- Composer
- Elsa Morante
- Producer
- Marina Cicogna
- Cinematographer
- Ennio Guarnieri
- Filming location
- Göreme
- Duration
- 110
- FilmAffinity ID
- 661991
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- film editor
- Nino Baragli
- publication date
- 1969-12-28
- title
- Medea
- production designer
- Dante Ferretti
- costume designer
- Piero Tosi
- Commons category
- Medea (film)
- distributed by
- Netflix
- characters
- Pelias
- review score
- 73%
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