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Electra ()

Ilektra (original title)
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Living in exile after the death of their father, the grown children of a murdered and usurped king converge to exact eye-for-an-eye revenge.
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  • Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 11 wins & 1 nomination.
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Elektra
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Orestis
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Klytaemnistra
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Chorus Leader
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Elektra's Husband
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Pylades
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Aegisthus (as Phoebus Rhazis)
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The Tutor
Kitty Arseni
E. Chatzeemichalee
M. Mauropoulou
Elli Trygonopoulo
Diza Kountoura
Elsie Pittas ...
Elektra as a Girl
Petros Ampelas ...
Orestes as a Boy
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(as Theodoros Exarhos)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dimitris Kallas
Liza Koundouri
Rita Logapoulou
Eleni Makri
Eleni Marinou
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Agamemnon (uncredited)
Elly Vozikiadou ...
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Directed by

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Michael Cacoyannis ... (as Mihalis Kakogiannis)

Written by

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Michael Cacoyannis ... () (as Mihalis Kakogiannis)
 
Euripides ... (play 'Elektra', 414 BC)

Produced by

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Michael Cacoyannis ... producer (as Mihalis Kakogiannis)

Music by

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Mikis Theodorakis

Cinematography by

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Walter Lassally

Editing by

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Michael Cacoyannis ... (as Mihalis Kakogiannis)

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Leonidas Antonakis ... assistant editor
Socrates Zoidis ... Lab Supervisor: Remastering

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Spyros Vasileiou

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Spyros Vasileiou

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Nikos Varveris ... makeup artist

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Yannis Petropoulakis ... production manager

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Th. Christides ... second assistant director
B. Mariolis ... first assistant director

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Mikes Damalas ... sound
Mikes Kasinatis ... sound assistant

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Giorgos Antonakis ... camera operator

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Stamatis Vlassis ... script supervisor (as T. Vlassis)

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Plot Summary

A powerful rendering of the tragedy of Elektra by Euripides, second in a trilogy. The film begins with a summary treatment without dialogue of the action of the preceding play, The Agamemnon, in which the wicked Queen Clytemnestra and her lover Aesgisthes murder her husband Agamemnon upon his return from the Trojan War. Written by Paul Brians

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Also Known As
  • Ηλέκτρα (Greece)
  • Elektra (World-wide, English title)
  • Electra (World-wide, English title)
  • Electra (United States)
  • Electre (France)
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  • 110 min
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Trivia 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. See more »
Goofs Having seconds thought about killing Klytaemnistra, Orestis proclaims a devil, not a god, must have spoken to the oracle who told him to seek vengeance. As it happens, the word "devil" comes from the Greek word diábolos which means slanderer or accuser, not the Christian or Islamic word for a supernatural enemy of humankind tempting people to commit evil deeds. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Affection to the People (2013). See more »
Quotes Chorus Leader: My child, you must talk to the gods. They will hear you.
Elektra: No god hears me. No human being is listening to my prayers.
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