''Medea'' is a 2005 Dutch television serial in six episodes directed by
Theo van Gogh, starring
Katja Schuurman,
Thijs Römer and
Tara Elders. It tells the story of the daughter of a politician who tries to help her selfish boyfriend to become the prime minister of the Netherlands.
The screenplay was written by
Theodor Holman and is a take on
Euripides
Euripides () was a Greek tragedy, tragedian of classical Athens. Along with Aeschylus and Sophocles, he is one of the three ancient Greek tragedians for whom any plays have survived in full. Some ancient scholars attributed ninety-five plays to ...
' play ''
Medea'', with the story moved to contemporary Dutch politics. The serial was produced by Column Film for the broadcaster
AVRO.
It won the Special Prize and was nominated for the
Golden Calf for
Best Television Drama at the 2005
Netherlands Film Festival.
Cast
*
Katja Schuurman as Medea
*
Thijs Römer as Jason
*
Tara Elders as Anne
* Krijn ter Braak as Moyra
* Cas Enklaar as Middelink
* Jochum ten Haaf as Frederik
* Maarten Wansink as Jensma
*
Marcel Hensema as Matthijs
* Eric van Sauers as Robin
* Dragan Bakema as Thomas
*
Cees Geel
Cornelis Pieter "Cees" Geel (born 13 March 1965 in Schagen) is a Dutch television, radio and film actor
An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs ...
as Bertje
* Astrid van Eck as Xandra
*
Monic Hendrickx
Monic Hendrickx (born 3 December 1966 in Sint Anthonis) is a Dutch actress. She has won several awards during her career including four Golden Calf awards for Best Actress at the Nederlands Film Festival, the Jury Award at the 2001 Newport Be ...
as de Vries
References
External links
Official website
{{Medea
2005 Dutch television series debuts
Dutch drama television series
Works based on Medea (Euripides play)
Films directed by Theo van Gogh
Political drama television series
2000s television miniseries
Dutch television miniseries
Modern adaptations of works by Euripides
NPO 3 original programming