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.
Cast
Maria 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
Unknown
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
Unknown
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)
Crew
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Director, Writer
Nino Baragli
Editor
Ennio Guarnieri
Director of Photography
Carlo Carunchio
Assistant Director
Sergio Citti
Assistant Director
Sergio Galiano
Production Supervisor
Pietro Nardi
Production Supervisor
Marina Cicogna
Producer
Franco Rossellini
Producer
Georges Chappedelaine
Producer
Bino Cicogna
Producer
Klaus Hellwig
Associate Producer
Pierre Kalfon
Associate Producer
Dante Ferretti
Production Design, Set Decoration
Sergio Salvati
Camera Operator
Pasquale Rachini
Assistant Camera
Giorgio Urbinelli
Assistant Camera
Piero Cicoletti
Assistant Costume Designer
Gabriella Pescucci
Assistant Costume Designer
Piero Tosi
Costume Design
Maria Teresa Corridoni
Hairstylist
Marcella De Marzi
Hairstylist
Goffredo Rocchetti
Makeup Artist
Romolo Sensoli
Makeup Artist
Carlo Tarchi
Sound
Italo Tomassi
Painter
Nicola Tamburo
Construction Coordinator
Mario Tursi
Still Photographer
Beatrice Banfi
Script Supervisor
Fernando Franchi
Production Manager
Margherita Autuori
Publicist
Enrico Lucherini
Publicist
Matteo Spinola
Publicist
Euripides
Theatre Play
Aureliano Lalli Persiani
Administration
Paolo Luciani
Production Secretary
