The read
Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 16m.
Synopsis
Medea after having helped the man she loves, Jason, and given him to birth two children, is driven into fury and vengeful madness after he decides to abandon her to become successor to the throne by marring Glauce, the daughter of Creon, king of Corinth.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes86%
Metacritic84/100
Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do.
82 audience votes
Key crew
- Lars von TrierDirector
- Carl Theodor DreyerScreenplay
- Joachim HolbekOriginal Music Composer
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
- Dick KaysøJasons Stemme
- Mette Munk PlumGlauces Stemme
Stills
Themes
mythology