---
title: 'Medea (1988)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Lars von Trier'
released: '1988-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 75
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Denmark'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/medea-1988'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095607/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Medea (1988)

1988 · 75 min · Drama · Denmark


## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Lars von Trier](https://cinepixo.com/people/lars-von-trier)
- **Screenplay:** [Lars von Trier](https://cinepixo.com/people/lars-von-trier), [Euripides](https://cinepixo.com/people/euripides), [Carl Theodor Dreyer](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-theodor-dreyer), [Preben Thomsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/preben-thomsen)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Joachim Holbek](https://cinepixo.com/people/joachim-holbek)

## Cast

- [Baard Owe](https://cinepixo.com/people/baard-owe) as Aegeus
- [Udo Kier](https://cinepixo.com/people/udo-kier)
- [Preben Lerdorff Rye](https://cinepixo.com/people/preben-lerdorff-rye)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/medea-1988
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