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Medea

Italien Frankreich BR Deutschland 1969 Spielfilm

Pier Paolo Pasolini's film adaptation of the saga of Jason, Medea and the search for the Golden Fleece: The 20-year-old king's son Jason sets out to bring his uncle Pelias to justice, who has illegally seized the throne of Jolkos. Pelias, however, is only willing to release the throne if Jason brings him the mythical Golden Fleece, which is kept in a temple in the kingdom of the Colchians. On his perilous journey to Colchis, Jason meets the mysterious Medea, whose fate is fatally intertwined with that of Jason.

Credits

Director

  • Pier Paolo Pasolini

Screenplay

  • Pier Paolo Pasolini

Director of photography

  • Ennio Guarnieri

Editing

  • Nino Baragli

Music

  • Pier Paolo Pasolini (Zusammenstellung)

Cast

  • Maria Callas
    Medea
  • Giuseppe Gentile
    Jason
  • Massimo Girotti
    König Kreon
  • Laurent Terzieff
    Zentaur
  • Margareth Clementi
    Glauke
  • Annamaria Chio
    Schwester
  • Paul Jabara
    Pelias
  • Gérard Weiss
    2. Zentaur
  • Sergio Tramonti
    Medeas Bruder Apsirto
  • Luigi Barbini
    Argonaut

Production company

  • San Marco (Rom)
  • Films Number One S.a.r.l. (Paris)
  • Janus Film und Fernseh-Produktion GmbH (Frankfurt am Main)

Producer

  • Franco Rossellini
  • Manolo Bolognini

Alle Credits

Director

  • Pier Paolo Pasolini

Assistant director

  • Carlo Carunchio
  • Sergio Citti

Script supervisor

  • Béatrice Banfi

Screenplay

  • Pier Paolo Pasolini

based on

  • Euripides (Bühnenstück)

Director of photography

  • Ennio Guarnieri

Camera operator

  • Sergio Salvati

Assistant camera

  • Giorgio Urbinelli
  • Pasquale Rachini

Still photography

  • Mario Tursi

Production design

  • Dante Ferretti

Set design

  • Nicola Tamburo

Make-up artist

  • Romolo Sensoli
  • Geoffredo Rocchetti (für Maria Callas)

Costume design

  • Piero Tosi

Hairdresser

  • Marcella De Marzi

Editing

  • Nino Baragli

Sound

  • Carlo Tarchi

Music

  • Pier Paolo Pasolini (Zusammenstellung)

Cast

  • Maria Callas
    Medea
  • Giuseppe Gentile
    Jason
  • Massimo Girotti
    König Kreon
  • Laurent Terzieff
    Zentaur
  • Margareth Clementi
    Glauke
  • Annamaria Chio
    Schwester
  • Paul Jabara
    Pelias
  • Gérard Weiss
    2. Zentaur
  • Sergio Tramonti
    Medeas Bruder Apsirto
  • Luigi Barbini
    Argonaut
  • Ninetto Davoli

Production company

  • San Marco (Rom)
  • Films Number One S.a.r.l. (Paris)
  • Janus Film und Fernseh-Produktion GmbH (Frankfurt am Main)

Producer

  • Franco Rossellini
  • Manolo Bolognini

Co-Producer

  • Marina Cicogna
  • Jean-Pierre Kalfon
  • Klaus Hellwig

Unit production manager

  • Fernando Franchi

Location manager

  • Sergio Galiano

Original distributor

  • NEF Diffusion Film Vertriebs GmbH (München)

Original video distributor

  • JSW Medien GmbH (Berlin)

DVD distributor

  • Kinowelt Home Entertainment GmbH (Leipzig)

Shoot

    • Juli 1969 - August 1969: Türkei, Syrien, Pisa, Grado, Anzio; Cinecittà Rom

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (IT DE) Medea
  • Originaltitel (FR) Medeé
  • Arbeitstitel (IT) Visione della Medea

Versions

Original

Duration:
3022 m, 110 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,66
Video/Audio:
Eastmancolor, Ton
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung: 05.11.1996, 76334 V, ab 12 Jahre

Screening:

Uraufführung (IT): 27.12.1969, Mailand;
Aufführung (FR): 28.01.1970, Paris, Grand Opéra;
TV-Erstsendung: 17.04.1972, ARD;
Kinostart (DE): 28.09.1979

Source-URL: https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/medea_ea43d4a7abc75006e03053d50b37753d