Electra

Release Date:

Dec 1, 1962

Running Time:

1:50

Genre:

Drama

Director:

Mihalis Kakogiannis

Cast:

Irene Papas	Elektra
Aleka Katselli	Klytaemnistra
Giannis Fertis	Orestis
Theano Ioannidou	Chorus Leader
Notis Peryalis	Elektra's Husband
Takis Emmanuel	Pylades

Producers:

Mihalis Kakogiannis

Language:

English

Related Programs:

Phaedra

Ulysses' Gaze

Medea

Oedipus Rex

When King Agamemnon returns from battle, he is slain by his wife, Clytemnestra, and her lover. The king's son, Orestes, is sent into exile, and his daughter, Electra, into mourning. Over the years, Electra's hatred of her mother grows, and she bristles with the desire for vengeance. When she and Orestes are reunited, the siblings hatch a plot for revenge. But can they reconcile their need for justice with the act of matricide?

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