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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.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.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.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 11 wins & 2 nominations total
Fivos Razi
- Aegisthus
- (as Phoebus Rhazis)
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- TriviaKostas 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.
- GoofsHaving 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.
- 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.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Affection to the People (2013)
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The most brilliant adaptation of any ancient Greek tragedy
From the first moment I saw the movie I rejoiced every bit of it : the crisp splendid black-and-white photography introducing an overwhelmingly barren landscape interacting with the drama we all know to come, the haunting "ancestral" score by Theodorakis, the impact of all sounds, the use of the choir with its laments and warnings and commentaries on everything and everybody, the tensions between good and evil mixed with love and hate, the unavoidable fate of the protagonists who cannot escape destiny as prescribed by bloodline and gods.
Besides being moved by too many unforgettable scenes enforced by splendid suggestive cutting (the actual murders, Electra's cutting her hair for the revenge to come, the confrontations between mother and daughter or brother and sister expressing their antagonistic emotions), the ultimate brilliance this masterpiece is Irene Papas outcry of grief and distress, the camera turning on itself as taking literally heaven and earth as her witness.
Appealing as strong to me as E. Munch's cry or Picasso's Guernica, I visited Mycene much later and still felt the movie's impact discovering this cursed place through Cacoyannis' lens.
Besides being moved by too many unforgettable scenes enforced by splendid suggestive cutting (the actual murders, Electra's cutting her hair for the revenge to come, the confrontations between mother and daughter or brother and sister expressing their antagonistic emotions), the ultimate brilliance this masterpiece is Irene Papas outcry of grief and distress, the camera turning on itself as taking literally heaven and earth as her witness.
Appealing as strong to me as E. Munch's cry or Picasso's Guernica, I visited Mycene much later and still felt the movie's impact discovering this cursed place through Cacoyannis' lens.
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- peter-de-rijcker
- Jul 4, 2004
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- Runtime1 hour 50 minutes
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