Medea

Overview

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.

Details

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

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

Graziella Chiarcossi

Glauce's Maid

Rossana Canghiari

Servant of Glauce (uncredited)

Maria Cumani Quasimodo

(uncredited)