It is an adaptation of the Greek tragedy Medea from Euripides, a version where the Gods willing and intervations are absent. Medea is the tragic character that after helping Jason in the Voyage of the Argonauts (myth says that she has even sacrificed her own brother for Jason's success), she gets from him only betrayal, as he arranges to marry the King's of Corinth daughter. The king decides to exile Medea, as she is a danger for his daughter happiness, but Medea asks from him just a day… before she goes outside the borders. That day Medea gets her revenge.

Directed by: Lars von Trier
Written by: Lars von Trier & Carl Theodor Dreyer
Release date: 1989-08-08
Runtime: 76 minutes
Cast:
Udo Kier Udo Kier
Jason 
Kirsten Olesen Kirsten Olesen
Medea 
Henning Jensen Henning Jensen
Kreon 
Preben Lerdorff Rye Preben Lerdorff Rye
Paedragon 
Baard Owe Baard Owe
Aiceus 
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