ELECTRA [IMPORT]

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• Release Year: 1962
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: From 'one of the world's most talented filmmakers' (Los Angeles Times) comes this riveting, OscarÂ(r)-nominated* retelling of Euripides' searing classic. Written, produced and directedby Michael Cacoyannis (Stella, Zorba the Greek), and starring legendary Greek beauty Irene Papas (The Trojan Women), Electra is 'majestic and awesome' (The New York Times)'a truly powerful and visually impressive picture' (Boxoffice). Desolationand despair reign supreme in the kingdom of Mycenae: The great Agamemnon has been brutally murdered; his son, Orestes, has fled to an unknown land; and his daughter Electra has been imprisoned withinthe very walls of the castle she once loved so well. All hope seems lost until the sacred oracle speaks and replaces Electra's broken spirit with an unquenchable desire for justiceand bloody vengeance! *1962: Foreign Language Film
• Cast: Irene Papas, Yannis Fertis, Aleka Katselli, Manos Katrakis, Notis Peryalis, Fivos Razi, Takis Emmanuel, Theano Ioannidou, Theodoros Dimitriou, Elsie Pittas, Petros Ampelas, Thodoros Exarhos, Michael Cacoyannis
• Director: Michael Cacoyannis
• Runtime: 1:53
• Company: MGM
• Media Format: Movie