MOVIE
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.
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.
ERA & CONTEXT
Medea in its release era
Released in 1969, Medea sits inside the 1960s catalog. Explore its creators, studio connections, genres and nearby releases from the same period.
- Release
- 1969-12-28
- TMDB score
- 6.6/10
- Original language
- IT
- Status
- Released
- Production
- France, Germany, Italy
- Studio
- Les Films Number One, Janus Film und Fernsehen, San Marco
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