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Based on the Greek classic by Euripides, Pasolini's Medea tells the tale of Jason and his quest for the Golden Fleece. He falls in love with the priestess of the Flees, Medea (Callas), and she sacrifices everything to be with him, including dismembering her own brother. Years later he spurns he...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Medea (Motion picture : 1969)
Corporate Authors: Janus Film und Fernsehen (Firm) (film production company.), San Marco (Firm) (film production company.), Film Number One (Firm) (film production company.), British Film Institute (film production company,)
Other Authors: Pasolini, Pier Paolo, 1922-1975 (Screenwriter), Callas, Maria, 1923-1977 (Actor), Girotti, Massimo, 1918-2003 (Actor), Terzieff, Laurent (Actor), Gentile, Giuseppe (Actor), Clementi, Margareth (Actor), Euripides
Format: Video Blu-ray Disc DVD
Language:Italian
English
Language Notes:Italian and dubbed English dialogue; with optional English subtitles.
Published: London : BFI, [2011]
Edition:Dual format edition.
Subjects:
Medea, > consort of Aegeus, King of Athens (Mythological character) > Drama.
Betrayal > Drama.
Euripides > Film adaptations.
Medea (Euripides)
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Experimental films.
Film adaptations.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, Italian.
Table of Contents:
  • [Disc 1.] Feature film on Blu-ray disc (111 min.)
  • [Disc 2.] Feature film on DVD (111 min.).