Drama ·TV Movie · Denmark · 1989 · 1h 16m

Medea

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Director
Lars von Trier
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
Crew
Sejr Brockmann — Director of Photography Finnur Sveinsson — Editor Joachim Holbek — Original Music Composer Carl Theodor Dreyer — Screenplay Annelise Bailey — Costume Design
Tagline

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

Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes
mythology
Key Collaborators
Lars von Trier Director Sejr Brockmann Director of Photography Finnur Sveinsson Editor Joachim Holbek Original Music Composer Carl Theodor Dreyer Screenplay Annelise Bailey Costume Design
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