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Elektra

Author: Michael CacoyannisIrene PapasYannis FertisAleka KatselliTheanō IōannidouAll authors
Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment Inc., [2002]
Series: World films (MGM Home Entertainment Inc.)
Edition/Format:   DVD video : English
Summary:
Desolation and despair reign supreme in the kingdom of Mycenae. The great Agamemnon has been brutally murdered; his son Orestes has fled and his daughter Electra has been imprisoned within the walls of the castle. All hope seems lost until the sacred oracle speaks and replaces Electra's broken spirit with an unquenchable desire for justice and bloody vengeance.
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Genre/Form: Foreign films
Feature films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Drama
Material Type: Videorecording
Document Type: Visual material
All Authors / Contributors: Michael Cacoyannis; Irene Papas; Yannis Fertis; Aleka Katselli; Theanō Iōannidou; Notis Peryalis; Euripides.; MGM Home Entertainment Inc.
ISBN: 0792852036 9780792852032
OCLC Number: 49343411
Language Note: Greek, English and French language tracks with optional subtitles in English, Spanish and French. Closed captioned.
Notes: Based on the play by Euripides.
DVD release of the 1962 motion picture.
Widescreen format.
Academy Award nominee: Best Foreign Language Film, 1962.
Bonus feature: original theatrical trailer.
Credits: Screenplay, Michael Cacoyannis ; music, Mikis Theodorakis ; director of photography, Walter Lassally.
Cast: Eirēnē Papa, Giannēs Phertēs, Aleka Katselē, Theanō Iōannidou, Notēs Pergialēs.
Awards: Best film, best direction and best actress (Irene Papas) awards at the 1962 Thessaloniki Film Festival. Silver Laurel at the 1962 Berlin Festival. Special Jury Award at the 1962 Acapulco Film Festival.
Target Audience: MPAA rating: Not rated.
Description: 1 videodisc (113 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Details: DVD, Region 1; Dolby.
Series Title: World films (MGM Home Entertainment Inc.)
Other Titles: Electra
Elektra
Responsibility: o Michadēs Kakogiannēs paroysiazei.
Local System Bib Number:
206005

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Desolation and despair reign supreme in the kingdom of Mycenae. The great Agamemnon has been brutally murdered; his son Orestes has fled and his daughter Electra has been imprisoned within the walls of the castle. All hope seems lost until the sacred oracle speaks and replaces Electra's broken spirit with an unquenchable desire for justice and bloody vengeance.
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