Watch: Ηλέκτρα 1962 123movies, Full Movie Online – 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..
Plot: 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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Zeus, if our cause is just, give us victory.
Euripides is the most ‘modern’ of the ancient dramatists in terms of his psychological penetration and the motives of his characters. This makes his plays ideally suited to the medium of film. Michael Cacoyannis set about the task of filming an Euripidean trilogy of ‘Electra’, ‘The Trojan Women’ and ‘Iphigenia’ of which ‘Electra’ is probably the best. The score of Theodorakis, cinematography of Walter Lassally and a fabulous cast headed by Irene Papas as Electra, Yannis Fertis as Orestes, Aleka Katselli as Clytemnestra and Manos Katrakis as the Tutor all contribute to a stunning and mesmerising filmic experience. Cacoyannis, Lassally and Papas would go on to make ‘Zorba the Greek’ and Papas would play Helen and Clytemnestra for the same director. Euripides wrote ‘Electra’ in about 420 bc and like those other masterpieces of the human mind ‘Hamlet’ and ‘Phaedra’, it is for all the ages. Let us be grateful to Cacoyannis for having given us this splendid version. Top marks.
Original Language el
Runtime 1 hr 50 min (110 min), 1 hr 51 min (111 min) (Germany)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Not Rated
Genre Drama
Director Michael Cacoyannis
Writer Michael Cacoyannis, Euripides
Actors Irene Papas, Giannis Fertis, Aleka Katselli
Country Greece
Awards Nominated for 1 Oscar. 11 wins & 2 nominations total
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Sound Mix Mono
Aspect Ratio 1.66 : 1 (intended ratio)
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Film Length 3,085 m (Finland)
Negative Format 35 mm
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Printed Film Format 35 mm