Medea
“She sacrifices something she loves, to harm someone who perhaps she loves even more.”
1989•1h 16m•6.5•Released
DramaTV 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.
Director
Lars von Trier
Writer
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Languages
Danish
Studio
DR
Cast
Udo Kier
Jason
Kirsten Olesen
Medea
Henning Jensen
Kreon
Solbjørg Højfeldt
Ammen
Preben Lerdorff Rye
Paedragon
Baard Owe
Aiceus
Ludmilla Glinska
Glauce
Vera Gebuhr
Aeldre Terne
Jonny Kilde
Store Dreng
Richard Kilde
Lille Dreng
Dick Kaysø
Jasons Stemme
Mette Munk Plum
Glauces Stemme
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