''Medea'' is a 2005 Dutch television serial in six episodes directed by Theo van Gogh, starring

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and

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. 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 Theodor Holman (born 9 January 1953, in Amsterdam) is a Dutch journalist, presenter, and writer of Indo descent. He studied Dutch language and History at the University of Amsterdam. He was editor of the satirical student newspaper Propria Cures ...

and is a take on

Euripides Euripides (; grc, Εὐριπίδης, Eurīpídēs, ; ) was a tragedian Tragedy (from the grc-gre, τραγῳδία, ''tragōidia'', ''tragōidia'') is a genre of drama based on human suffering and, mainly, the terrible or sorrowful e ...

' play ''

Medea In Greek mythology, Medea (; grc, Μήδεια, ''Mēdeia'', perhaps implying "planner / schemer") is the daughter of King Aeëtes of Colchis, a niece of Circe and the granddaughter of the sun god Helios. Medea figures in the myth of Jason an ...

'', with the story moved to contemporary Dutch politics. The serial was produced by Column Film for the broadcaster

AVRO AVRO, short for Algemene Vereniging Radio Omroep ("General Association of Radio Broadcasting"), was a Dutch public broadcasting association operating within the framework of the Nederlandse Publieke Omroep system. It was the first public broad ...

. It won the Special Prize and was nominated for the

Golden Calf According to the Bible, the golden calf (עֵגֶל הַזָּהָב '' ‘ēgel hazzāhāv'') was an idol (a cult image) made by the Israelites when Moses went up to Mount Sinai. In Hebrew, the incident is known as ''ḥēṭə’ hā‘ēgel'' ...

for Best Television Drama at the 2005

Netherlands Film Festival The Netherlands Film Festival ( nl, Nederlands Film Festival) is an annual film festival, held in September and October of each year in the city of Utrecht. During the ten-day festival, Dutch film productions and co-productions are exhibited. Be ...

Cast

as Medea *

as Jason *

as Anne * Krijn ter Braak as Moyra * Cas Enklaar as Middelink * Jochum ten Haaf as Frederik * Maarten Wansink as Jensma *

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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. His notable credits include in the TV miniseries ''Anne Frank: The Whole Story'' (2001) and in the film ''Simon'' (2004). He won the Gol ...

as Bertje * Astrid van Eck as Xandra *

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as de Vries

References

External links

Official website
{{Medea 2005 Dutch television series debuts 2000s Dutch television series 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