Movie Details
Theatrical Release:October 28th, 1971
On DVD & Blu-ray:November 26th, 2002
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Original Language:Italian
Production Companies:Les Films Number One, Janus Film und Fernsehen, San Marco
Medea (1971)
"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."Movie
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DirectorPier Paolo Pasolini
WriterPier Paolo Pasolini
Plot
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.
