She sacrifices something she loves, to harm someone who perhaps she loves even more.
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.
Directed by: Lars von Trier
Written by: Carl Theodor Dreyer
Music by: Joachim Holbek
Starring: Udo Kier, Kirsten Olesen, Henning Jensen, Solbjørg Højfeldt, Preben Lerdorff Rye, Baard Owe, Ludmilla Glinska, Vera Gebuhr, Jonny Kilde, Richard Kilde
Genre: Drama, TV Movie
Released: 1989-08-08
Runtime: 76 minutes
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