Movie

1978 Drama
1h 50min
Original lang. | English, Greek |
Country | Greece/Switzerland/USA |
Melina Mercouri plays an actress who is attempting a comeback with a staging of the Greek tragedy "Medea" (about a woman who kills her children) in her native Greece. As a publicity stunt, she arranges a meeting with an American woman (Ellen Burstyn) who is serving a prison term for killing her own children. Features Mercouri performing "Medea" in the original, intercut with Burstyn narrating her crime.
Directed by | Jules Dassein |
Written by | Jules Dassein, Euripides, Minoas Volonakis |
Company | Embassy PicturesEmbassy PicturesEmbassy Pictures |