Medea

"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."

Cast

Maria Callas

as Medea

Massimo Girotti

as Creonte

Laurent Terzieff

as Chirone

Giuseppe Gentile

as Giasone

Margareth Clémenti

as Glauce

Paul Jabara

as Pelias

Gerard Weiss

as Second Centaur

Sergio Tramonti

as Apsirto, Medea's Brother

Luigi Barbini

as Argonaut

Gian Paolo Durgar

Luigi Masironi

as Jason at 5

Michelangelo Masironi

as Jason at 13

Gianni Brandizi

as Argonaut

Franco Jacobbi

as Argonaut

Annamaria Chio

as Wet Nurse

Piera Degli Esposti

as Woman

Mirella Pamphili

Graziella Chiarcossi

as Glauce's Maid

Rossana Canghiari

as Servant of Glauce (uncredited)

Maria Cumani Quasimodo

as (uncredited)

Vladimer Julukhadze

as (uncredited)

Maria Smith

as Maid (uncredited)

Giorgio Trombetti

as (uncredited)

Rita Savagnone

as Voice Dubbing: Maria Callas / Medea (voice) (uncredited)

Pino Colizzi

as Voice Dubbing: Giuseppe Gentile / Jason (voice) (uncredited)

Enrico Maria Salerno

as Voice Dubbing: Laurent Terzieff / Centaur (voice) (uncredited)

Crew

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Writer

Nicola Tamburo

Construction Coordinator

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Director

Nino Baragli

Editor

Dante Ferretti

Production Design

Piero Tosi

Costume Design

Franco Rossellini

Producer

Romolo Sensoli

Makeup Artist

Beatrice Banfi

Script Supervisor

Klaus Hellwig

Associate Producer

Sergio Citti

Assistant Director

Pasquale Rachini

Assistant Camera

Mario Tursi

Still Photographer

Marcella De Marzi

Hairstylist

Pietro Nardi

Production Supervisor

Carlo Carunchio

Assistant Director

Gabriella Pescucci

Assistant Costume Designer

Marina Cicogna

Producer

Dante Ferretti

Set Decoration

Giorgio Urbinelli

Assistant Camera

Goffredo Rocchetti

Makeup Artist

Italo Tomassi

Painter

Piero Cicoletti

Assistant Costume Designer

Maria Teresa Corridoni

Hairstylist

Fernando Franchi

Production Manager

Sergio Salvati

Camera Operator

Euripides

Theatre Play

Pierre Kalfon

Associate Producer

Sergio Galiano

Production Supervisor

Carlo Tarchi

Sound

Aureliano Lalli Persiani

Administration

Bino Cicogna

Producer

Margherita Autuori

Publicist

Paolo Luciani

Production Secretary

Matteo Spinola

Publicist

Georges Chappedelaine

Producer

Enrico Lucherini

Publicist

Ennio Guarnieri

Director of Photography