Synopsis
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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Cast
- Udo KierJason
- Kirsten OlesenMedea
- Henning JensenKreon
- Solbjørg HøjfeldtAmmen
- Preben Lerdorff RyePaedragon
- Baard OweAiceus
- Ludmilla GlinskaGlauce
- Vera GebuhrAeldre Terne
- Jonny KildeStore Dreng
- Richard KildeLille Dreng
Recommendations
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Village Voice
Achieves an abrading, intimate, primal force his later films only hint at. It's difficult to imagine the Euripides original ever being more eloquently adapted. - 90
The New York Times
No admirer of Mr. von Trier's work should miss this compelling rarity. - 80
TV Guide Magazine
In light of the aesthetic of ugliness that informs von Trier's Dogme films, it's easy to forget how subtly beautiful his work once was. - 75
Boston Globe
Medea works on von Trier's own imagistic terms. There are shots and sequences in this movie that feel unique. - 63
New York Daily News
It's not the best of von Trier, but the movie is shot in an unforgettable, haunting style that evokes both Bergman and the silent era.
