Medea

Name: Medea
Director: Lars von Trier
Released: 1988-01-01

1988 film by Lars von Trier

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Released: 1988
Director: Lars von Trier
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1.stopklatka.pl/film/medea-1988Retrieved 2016-05-08
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Screenwriter: Carl Theodor Dreyer
, Lars von Trier
, Preben Thomsen
+1 more
Cast: Udo Kier
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1.stopklatka.pl/film/medea-1988Retrieved 2016-05-08
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, Kirsten Olesen
, Henning Jensen
, Solbjørg Højfeldt
+5 more
Runtime: 75 min
Genre: drama film
, art film
Country of origin: Denmark
Original language: Danish
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1.facets.org/edu/medea/
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Medea is a 1988 Danish tragedy television film directed by Lars von Trier. It is based on Carl Theodor Dreyer's adaptation of Euripides' play Medea. The setting is changed from the Mediterranean to a Danish, vaguely Iron Age setting.

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Based on: Medea
Title: Medea
After a work by: Euripides
Color: color
Characters: Medea
Jason
Creon
Glauce
Aegeus
Distribution format: video on demand
Review score: 86%(April 11, 2025) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes · number of reviews/ratings: 14 critic review
84/100(January 23, 2024) review score by: Metacritic · number of reviews/ratings: 5 critic review
7.2/10(October 6, 2021) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes
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1.Stated in Rotten Tomatoes“Medea”Retrieved 2021-10-06
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Main subject: Medea

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