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    Kravgi gynaikon

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    Poster of the movie Kravgi gynaikon
    1978     Drama    
    Greece/Switzerland/USA
    1h 50min
    Original language: English, Greek

    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 byJules Dassein
    Written byJules Dassein, Euripides, Minoas Volonakis
    CompanyEmbassy PicturesEmbassy PicturesEmbassy Pictures

    Starring

    Melina Mercouri
    Ellen Burstyn
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