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. |
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Ratings: | IMDB: 7.7/10 | |
Released: | October 24, 1962 | |
Runtime: | 110 min | |
Genres: | Drama | |
Companies: | Finos Film | |
Cast: | Irene Papas Giannis Fertis Aleka Katselli Theano Ioannidou | |
Crew: | Mihalis Kakogiannis Euripides | |
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