
The Masque of the Red Death(1964)
A European prince terrorizes the local peasantry while using his castle as a refuge against the "Red Death" plague that stalks the land.


“It's a movie about a woman who beheads her brother, stabs her children, and sends her lover's wife up in flames. For Maria Callas, it's a natural.”
Based on the plot of Euripides' Medea. Medea centers on the barbarian protagonist as she finds her position in the Greek world threatened, and the revenge she takes against her husband Jason who has betrayed her for another woman.

Maria Callas
Medea

Massimo Girotti
Creonte

Laurent Terzieff
Chirone

Giuseppe Gentile
Giasone

Margareth Clémenti
Glauce

Paul Jabara
Pelias
Gerard Weiss
Second Centaur

Sergio Tramonti
Apsirto, Medea's Brother
Luigi Barbini
Argonaut
Gian Paolo Durgar
Medea is a drama, fantasy film released in 1969 exploring themes of marriage crisis, ritual, based on play or musical, greek mythology, medea, revenge. Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini, it stars Maria Callas, Massimo Girotti, Laurent Terzieff. Based on the plot of Euripides' Medea. Medea centers on the barbarian protagonist as she finds her position in the Greek world threatened, and the revenge she takes against her husband Jason who has betrayed her for another woman.
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