Medea is a 1988 tv movie directed by Lars von Trier

Lars von Trier

Lars von Trier is a Danish film director and screenwriter. He is closely associated with the Dogme 95 collective, although his own films have taken a variety of different approaches, and have frequently received strongly divided critical opinion....

. It is based on Carl Theodor Dreyer

Carl Theodor Dreyer

Carl Theodor Dreyer, Jr. was a Danish film director. He is regarded by many critics and filmmakers as one of the greatest directors in cinema.-Life:Dreyer was born illegitimate in Copenhagen, Denmark...

's adaption of Euripides

Euripides

Euripides was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles. Some ancient scholars attributed ninety-five plays to him but according to the Suda it was ninety-two at most...

' play Medea

Medea (play)

Medea is an ancient Greek tragedy written by Euripides, based upon the myth of Jason and Medea and first produced in 431 BC. The plot 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...

.

Plot

King Creon

Creon (disambiguation)

-Greek mythology and history:* Creon, King of Thebes in the legend of Oedipus.* Creon, King of Thebes and father of Megara* Creon, King of Corinth and father of Creusa* Creon, son of Heracles* Creon, the third Archon of Athens-Geography:...

 of Corinth

Corinth

Corinth is a city and former municipality in Corinthia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Corinth, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit...

 wants to secure his throne. In order to do this, he wants to marry the successful warrior Jason

Jason

Jason was a late ancient Greek mythological hero from the late 10th Century BC, famous as the leader of the Argonauts and their quest for the Golden Fleece. He was the son of Aeson, the rightful king of Iolcus...

 to his daughter Glauce

Glauce

In Greek mythology, Glauce , Latin Glauca, refers to seven different people:#Glauce, daughter of Creon. She married Jason. She was killed, along with Jason's children, by his wife, Medea. Also known by the name Creusa, predominantly in Latin authors, e.g...

. Jason accepts, but he is already married to Medea

Medea

Medea is a woman in Greek mythology. She was the daughter of King Aeëtes of Colchis, niece of Circe, granddaughter of the sun god Helios, and later wife to the hero Jason, with whom she had two children, Mermeros and Pheres. In Euripides's play Medea, Jason leaves Medea when Creon, king of...

. 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

Athens

Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...

, Aegeus

Aegeus

In Greek mythology, Aegeus , also Aigeus, Aegeas or Aigeas , was an archaic figure in the founding myth of Athens. The "goat-man" who gave his name to the Aegean Sea was, next to Poseidon, the father of Theseus, the founder of Athenian institutions and one of the kings of Athens.-His reign:Upon the...

, 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

• Udo Kier
  Udo Kier
  Udo Kier is a German actor, known primarily for his work in horror and exploitation movies.-Early life:...
  
  : Jason
• Kirsten Olesen: Medea
• Henning Jensen
  Henning Jensen
  Henning Jensen is a Danish former football player, who played professionally for German club Borussia Mönchengladbach, Spanish club Real Madrid and Dutch club Ajax Amsterdam where he won the domestic league championship in each country...
  
  : Creon
• Solbjørg Højfeldt: Nurse
• Preben Lerdorff Rye
  Preben Lerdorff Rye
  Preben Lerdorff Rye was a Danish film actor. He appeared in 92 films between 1941 and 1989.He was born and died in Denmark.-Filmography:* En ganske almindelig pige * Tante Cramers testamente...
  
  : Pedagog
• Baard Owe
  Baard Owe
  Baard Owe is a Norwegian-born actor who has acted in many Scandinavian films and TV-series. He moved to Denmark in 1956, where he has lived and worked since.Owe is mostly known for his role as pathologist Dr...
  
  : Aegeus
• Ludmilla Glinska: Glauce
• Vera Gebuhr
  Vera Gebuhr
  Vera Gebuhr is a Danish film actress. She had appeared in 60 films from 1937 to 2005.She was born in Denmark.-Filmography:*Flådens blå matroser - 1937*Tag det som en mand - 1941*Frøken Vildkat - 1942...
  
  : Old chaperone
• Jonny Kilde: Old boy
• Richard Kilde: Young boy
• Dick Kaysø
  Dick Kaysø
  -Filmography:*Mafiaen, det er osse mig *Piger i trøjen *Strømer *Julefrokosten *Affæren i Mølleby *Normannerne *Gangsterens lærling *Olsen-banden deruda *Skytten...
  
  : Voice of Jason
• Mette Munk Plum: Voice of Glauce