Electra
- IMDb link: 0055950
- IMDb rating: 7.5 (2,152 votes) Search
- Genres: Drama, Fantasy
- Director: Michael Cacoyannis
- Cast: Irene Papas, Giannis Fertis, Aleka Katselli, Theano Ioannidou and others
- Release date: 24 Oct 1962
- Release year: 1962
- Runtime: 110 minutes
- Country: Greece
- Keywords: greek mythology, character name as title, clytemnestra character, agamemnon character, orestes character, reference to bacchus, first in trilogy, producer writer director editor, sword and sandal history, scene before opening title
Plot
Storyline
Living in exile after their father's death, the children of an usurped and murdered king converge to exact eye-for-an-eye revenge.
Agamemnon returns victorious to Mycenae after the end of the costly Trojan War, only to die at the hands of his conniving, unfaithful wife Clytemnestra, and her lover Aegisthus. As Agamemnon's son Orestes is secretly sent away by his mentor, the king's beautiful daughter Electra stays in Mycenae, only to witness her mother's wedding to Aegisthus. More and more, fierce hatred and the thirst for retribution replace her innocence, forcing her to weave an elaborate scheme. As a result, when Orestes returns home, the determined siblings summon up the courage to murder duplicitous Aegisthus, making sure that their adulterous mother shares his fate. Shocked by the double homicide, the people of Mycenae demand justice and banish Electra and Orestes from Argos forever. Can they find atonement after matricide?
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