Medea (1988 film)

Not to be confused with the Tyler Perry character Madea.

1988 Danish film

Medea

Directed by| Lars von Trier
Screenplay by| Carl Theodor Dreyer
Based on| Medea
play
by Euripides
Starring| Udo Kier
Kirsten Olesen
Henning Jensen
Cinematography| Sejr Brockmann
Edited by| Finnur Sveinsson
Music by| Joachim Holbek
Distributed by| Danmarks Radio

Release date

* 1 April 1988 (1988-04-01)

Running time

| 76 minutes
Country| Denmark
Language| Danish

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.

## Plot

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King Creon of Corinth wants to secure his throne. In order to do this, he wants to marry the successful warrior Jason to his daughter Glauce. Jason accepts, but he is already married to Medea. Since Medea is known as a wise woman, Creon feels need to banish Medea and her two boys from the city. She begs him to let him stay, but he gives her only one day in order to secure the needs of the two boys.

Medea makes an agreement with the king of Athens, Aegeus, that she and the two boys can come live in Athens with his protection. She then plans to murder both Glauce and Creon and eventually her own children.

## Cast

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* Udo Kier as Jason
* Kirsten Olesen as Medea
* Henning Jensen as Creon
* Solbjørg Højfeldt as Nurse
* Preben Lerdorff Rye as Pedagog
* Baard Owe as Aegeus
* Ludmilla Glinska as Glauce
* Vera Gebuhr as Old chaperone
* Jonny Kilde as Old boy
* Richard Kilde as Young boy
* Dick Kaysø as Voice of Jaeson
* Mette Munk Plum as Voice of Glauce

## Critical reception

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The film was received with critical acclaim. Rotten Tomatoes gives a score of 86% based on 14 reviews.[1]

## References

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1. ^ Medea 1988 at Rotten Tomatoes

## External links

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* Medea at IMDb
* Medea at the TCM Movie Database

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Lars von Trier

* Filmography
* Awards and nominations

Feature films|

* The Element of Crime (1984)
* Epidemic (1987)
* Europa (1991)
* Breaking the Waves (1996)
* The Idiots (1998)
* Dancer in the Dark (2000)
* Dogville (2003)
* The Five Obstructions (2003)
* Manderlay (2005)
* The Boss of It All (2006)
* Antichrist (2009)
* Melancholia (2011)
* Nymphomaniac (2013)
* The House That Jack Built (2018)

Television|

* Medea (1988)
* The Kingdom (1994–2022)

Short films|

* The Orchid Gardener (1977)
* Images of Liberation (1982)
* "Occupations" in To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
* Dimension (2010)

Related|

* Dear Wendy (2005, screenplay)
* Dogme 95
* Europa trilogy
* Golden Heart trilogy
* Trier on von Trier
* Zentropa

Category

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Carl Theodor Dreyer

Films|

* The President (1919)
* The Parson's Widow (1920)
* Leaves from Satan's Book (1921)
* Once Upon a Time (1922)
* Die Gezeichneten (1922)
* Michael (1924)
* Master of the House (1925)
* The Bride of Glomdal (1926)
* The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
* Vampyr (1932)
* Day of Wrath (1943)
* Två människor (1945)
* Ordet (1955)
* Gertrud (1964)

Related topics|

* Medea
* Carl Th. Dreyer: My Metier

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Medea

Family|

* Helios (grandfather)
* Aeëtes (father)
* Chalciope (sister)
* Circe (aunt)
* Apsyrtus (brother)
* Jason (1st husband)
* Aegeus (2nd husband)
* Mermerus and Pheres (sons)
* Alcimenes and Tisander  (sons)
* Medus (son)
* Thessalus (son)
* Achilles (3rd husband)

Films|

* A Dream of Passion (1978)
* Medea (1969)
* Medea (1988)
* Médée (2001)
* Medea (2005)
* Medea Miracle (2007)

Operas|

* Médée (1693, Charpentier)
* Medea (1775, Benda)
* Médée (1797, Cherubini)
* Medea in Corinto (1813, Mayr)
* Medea (1843, Pacini)
* Medea (2010, Reimann)

Plays|

* Medea (431 BC)
* Medea (ca. 50)
* Médée (1635)
* Medea (1730)
* Médée (1946)
* The Hungry Woman (1995)

Ballets|

* Jason et Médée (1763)
* La hija de Cólquide (1944)
* Medea (1946)

Musicals|

* Medea, the Musical (1994)
* Marie Christine (1999)

Music|

* Medea's Dance of Vengeance (1956)

Art|

* Medea (painting)
* Jason and Medea (painting)
* Vision of Medea (painting)
* Medea statue

Other depictions|

* Medea (character)
* "Medea Culpa"

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* United States

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