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Medea

Name: Medea
Director: Lars von Trier
Genre: Drama, TV Movie
Released: 1989
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Udo Kier, Kirsten Olesen, Henning Jensen, Solbjørg Højfeldt, Preben Lerdorff Rye

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.

1989 · Directed by Lars von Trier · 76 min · Drama · TV Movie · 10 frames

Tagline

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

Crew

Screenplay: Carl Theodor Dreyer
Cinematography: Sejr Brockmann
Edited by: Finnur Sveinsson
Music: Joachim Holbek

Cast

Udo Kier as Jason
Kirsten Olesen as Medea
Henning Jensen as Kreon
Solbjørg Højfeldt as Ammen
Preben Lerdorff Rye as Paedragon
Baard Owe as Aiceus
Ludmilla Glinska as Glauce
Vera Gebuhr as Aeldre Terne
Jonny Kilde as Store Dreng
Richard Kilde as Lille Dreng

Production

Country: Denmark
Language: Danish
Studios: DR
Themes: mythology

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