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.
1969
Rated
NR
118
minutes
Drama, Fantasy
Directed By:
Pier Paolo Pasolini
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.
Language
Italian
Release Date
January 28, 1970
Cast
María Callas
Medea
Massimo Girotti
Creonte
Laurent Terzieff
Chirone
Giuseppe Gentile
Giasone
Margareth Clémenti
Glauce
Paul Jabara
Pelias
Gerard Weiss
Second Centaur
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
Wet Nurse
Piera Degli Esposti
Woman
Mirella Pamphili
Graziella Chiarcossi
Glauce's Maid
Rossana Canghiari
Servant of Glauce (uncredited)
Maria Cumani Quasimodo
(uncredited)
Vladimer Julukhadze
(uncredited)
Maria Smith
Maid (uncredited)
Giorgio Trombetti
(uncredited)
Rita Savagnone
Voice Dubbing: Maria Callas / Medea (voice) (uncredited)
Pino Colizzi
Voice Dubbing: Giuseppe Gentile / Jason (voice) (uncredited)
Enrico Maria Salerno
Voice Dubbing: Laurent Terzieff / Centaur (voice) (uncredited)
Show Full Crew
Directing
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Director
Sergio Citti
Assistant Director
Beatrice Banfi
Script Supervisor
Carlo Carunchio
Assistant Director
Writing
Editing
Art
Dante Ferretti
Production Design
Dante Ferretti
Set Decoration
Nicola Tamburo
Construction Coordinator
Italo Tomassi
Painter
Costume & Make-Up
Piero Tosi
Costume Design
Gabriella Pescucci
Assistant Costume Designer
Maria Teresa Corridoni
Hairstylist
Goffredo Rocchetti
Makeup Artist
Piero Cicoletti
Assistant Costume Designer
Romolo Sensoli
Makeup Artist
Marcella De Marzi
Hairstylist
Camera
Ennio Guarnieri
Director of Photography
Pasquale Rachini
Assistant Camera
Mario Tursi
Still Photographer
Sergio Salvati
Camera Operator
Giorgio Urbinelli
Assistant Camera
Production
Franco Rossellini
Producer
Matteo Spinola
Publicist
Marina Cicogna
Producer
Enrico Lucherini
Publicist
Klaus Hellwig
Associate Producer
Fernando Franchi
Production Manager
Pierre Kalfon
Associate Producer
Bino Cicogna
Producer
Margherita Autuori
Publicist
Georges Chappedelaine
Producer
Sergio Galiano
Production Supervisor
Paolo Luciani
Production Secretary
Aureliano Lalli Persiani
Administration
Pietro Nardi
Production Supervisor
Sound