Electra
Living in exile after their father's death, the children of an usurped and murdered king converge to exact eye-for-an-eye revenge.
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Released
- 1962
- Country
- Greece
Details
Release year: 1962
Storyline
Living in exile after their father's death, the children of an usurped and murdered king converge to exact eye-for-an-eye revenge.
Top credits
Irene Papas — Elektra
Giannis Fertis — Orestis
Aleka Katselli — Klytaemnistra
Theano Ioannidou — Chorus Leader
Awards
0 wins & 1 nomination
See all awards →Did you know
• Filmed on location in Mycenae and Argos in 1961.
• Kostas Kazakos and Irene Papas were co-stars both in this film, Electra (1962), and another film 15 years later, Iphigenia (1977), both directed by Michael Cacoyannis and each with a score by Mikis Theodorakis. Kazakos and Papas would die a day apart, on September 13 and 14, 2022, at the respective ages of 87 and 96. Composer Theodorakis had died just over a year before, also at age 96, and on the day before Papas's 95th birthday.
• Greece's official submission to the 1963's Oscar in the Best Foreign Language category.
User reviews
Not suited for short-term attention spans
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Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
- Color
- Black and White
