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Medea (1989)
Directed by Lars von Trier
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.
Length 76 minutes
Actors
Udo Kier | Kirsten Olesen | Henning Jensen | Solbjørg Højfeldt | Preben Lerdorff Rye | Baard Owe | Ludmilla Glinska | Vera Gebuhr | Jonny Kilde | Richard Kilde | Dick Kaysø | Mette Munk Plum