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This excellent adaptation by Michael Cacoyannis of the famous tragedy by Euripides garnered him his first international success and an award at the 1962 Cannes Film Festival. Irene Papas plays Electra, the daughter of King Agememnon and sister of Orestes, caught up in an uncontrollable need for revenge. After the king returns from the battlefield, Clytemestra (his wife) joins with her lover in murdering the hapless ruler while he bathes. Orestes is sent away immediately, and Electra is left to simmer in her growing hatred of her mother until one day, she and Orestes manage to get together and hatch a scheme to avenge Agememnon's death.
Original Release
05/25/1962
US Release
12/17/1962
Cast
Name | Character |
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Giannis Fertis | Orestis |
Aleka Katselli | Klytaemnistra |
Theano Ioannidou | Chorus Leader |
Notis Peryalis | Elektra's Husband |
Takis Emmanuel | Pylades |
Fivos Razi | Aegisthus |
Manos Katrakis | The Tutor |
Eleni Karpeta | |
Kitty Arseni | |
E. Chatzeemichalee |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Giannis Fertis | Orestis |
Aleka Katselli | Klytaemnistra |
Theano Ioannidou | Chorus Leader |
Notis Peryalis | Elektra's Husband |
Takis Emmanuel | Pylades |
Fivos Razi | Aegisthus |
Manos Katrakis | The Tutor |
Eleni Karpeta | |
Kitty Arseni | |
E. Chatzeemichalee | |
Theano Krassa | |
M. Mauropoulou | |
Elli Trygonopoulo | |
Diza Kountoura | |
Elsie Pittas | Elektra as a Girl |
Petros Ampelas | Orestes as a Boy |
Afroditi Grigoriadou | |
Thodoros Exarhos | (as Theodoros Exarhos) |
Giannis Kasdaglis | |
Elli Fotiou |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Michael Cacoyannis | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1963 | Oscar | Best Foreign Language Film | Nominated |