Medea

Medea

76 mins | Drama | Jan. 1, 1988

It is an adaptation of the Greek tragedy Medea from Euripides, a version where the Gods willing and intervations are absent. Medea is the tragic character that after helping Jason in the Voyage of the Argonauts (myth says that she has even sacrificed her own brother for Jason's success), she gets from him only betrayal, as he arranges to marry the King's of Corinth daughter. The king decides to exile Medea, as she is a danger for his daughter happiness, but Medea asks from him just a day… before she goes outside the borders. That day Medea gets her revenge.

Medea

76 mins | Drama | Jan. 1, 1988

Medea
It is an adaptation of the Greek tragedy Medea from Euripides, a version where the Gods willing and intervations are absent. Medea is the tragic character that after helping Jason in the Voyage of the Argonauts (myth says that she has even sacrificed her own brother for Jason's success), she gets from him only betrayal, as he arranges to marry the King's of Corinth daughter. The king decides to exile Medea, as she is a danger for his daughter happiness, but Medea asks from him just a day… before she goes outside the borders. That day Medea gets her revenge.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Danmarks Radio (DR)
Original title Medea
Directors Lars von Trier
Writers Preben Thomsen, Euripides, Carl Theodor Dreyer, Lars von Trier

Cast

Udo Kier

as Jason

Kirsten Olesen

as Medea

Henning Jensen

as Kreon

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

Dick Kaysø

as Jasons Stemme

Mette Munk Plum

as Glauces Stemme