
118 minutes
12/28/1969
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.

Maria Callas
as Medea

Massimo Girotti
as Creonte

Laurent Terzieff
as Chirone

Giuseppe Gentile
as Giasone

Margareth Clémenti
as Glauce

Paul Jabara
as Pelias
Gerard Weiss
as Second Centaur

Sergio Tramonti
as Apsirto, Medea's Brother
Luigi Barbini
as Argonaut
Gian Paolo Durgar
Luigi Masironi
as Jason at 5
Michelangelo Masironi
as Jason at 13
Gianni Brandizi
as Argonaut
Franco Jacobbi
as Argonaut

Annamaria Chio
as Wet Nurse

Piera Degli Esposti
as Woman

Mirella Pamphili
Graziella Chiarcossi
as Glauce's Maid

Rossana Canghiari
as Servant of Glauce (uncredited)

Maria Cumani Quasimodo
as (uncredited)
Vladimer Julukhadze
as (uncredited)
Maria Smith
as Maid (uncredited)
Giorgio Trombetti
as (uncredited)