Medea

Medea

Release date : August 8, 1989
Runtime : 1h 16m
Countries of origin : Denmark /
Original Language : Danish /
Director : Lars von Trier /
Production companies : DR /
August 8, 1989 1h 16m Denmark Drama Danish More
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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.
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Udo Kier
Jason
Baard Owe
Aiceus
Vera Gebuhr
Aeldre Terne
Jonny Kilde
Store Dreng
Richard Kilde
Lille Dreng
Dick Kaysø
Jasons Stemme
Mette Munk Plum
Glauces Stemme

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  • title:Medea
  • status:Released
  • Release date: 1989
  • Runtime:1h 16m
  • Genres: Drama · TV Movie ·
  • Countries of origin: Denmark ·
  • Original Language: Danish ·
  • Director: Lars von Trier /
  • Writers: Carl Theodor Dreyer · Euripides · Preben Thomsen · Lars von Trier ·
  • Production companies: DR ·
  • Overview: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.
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