CinemaOSMovie · 1989 · 1h 16m

Medea

She sacrifices something she loves, to harm someone who perhaps she loves even more.

65%(82)IMDbDramaTV Movie

Medea after having helped the man she loves, Jason, and given him to birth two children, is driven into fury and vengeful madness after he decides to abandon her to become successor to the throne by marring Glauce, the daughter of Creon, king of Corinth.

Directed byLars von Trier

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 16m
Language
DA
Released
August 8, 1989
Studios
DR

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Udo Kier

Udo Kier

Jason

Kirsten Olesen

Kirsten Olesen

Medea

Henning Jensen

Henning Jensen

Kreon

Solbjørg Højfeldt

Solbjørg Højfeldt

Ammen

Preben Lerdorff Rye

Preben Lerdorff Rye

Paedragon

Baard Owe

Baard Owe

Aiceus

Ludmilla Glinska

Glauce

Vera Gebuhr

Vera Gebuhr

Aeldre Terne

Jonny Kilde

Store Dreng

Richard Kilde

Lille Dreng

Creative team
Directed by
Lars von Trier
Lars von Trier
Written by
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Carl Theodor Dreyer

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