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Electra (1962)

May 25, 19621h 50mEL
7.0

36 votes

Overview

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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Original Language

Greek

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Finos Film

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CinemaSerf

7.0

I reckon it is fair to say that win or lose after the Trojan War, those who did survive were never looked up very favourably by the Olympians. This rather bleaky adapts Euripides' interpretation of the betrayal of Agamemnon, and of the consequent struggles of his daughter Elektra (Irene Papas) and her younger brother Orestes (Gianni Fertis). Their father had barely set down his armour when he was killed in his bath by his wife Klytamnestra (Aleka Katselli) and her ambitious lover Aegisthus (Fivos Razi). Luckily, the young lad was spirited away by his tutor (Manos Katrakis) but his sister was l…

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