Iphigenia

Name: Iphigenia
Director: Michael Cacoyannis
Released: 1977-05-14

1977 film by Michael Cacoyannis

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Released: May 14, 1977
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Director: Michael Cacoyannis
Screenwriter: Michael Cacoyannis
Producer: Michael Cacoyannis
Cast: Irene Papas
, Kostas Karras
, Kostas Kazakos
, Panos Mihalopoulos
+4 more
Runtime: 129 min
, 132 min
Genre: drama film
, action film
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, adventure film
Country of origin: Greece

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Iphigenia is a 1977 Greek tragedy film directed by Michael Cacoyannis, based on the Greek myth of Iphigenia, the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, who was ordered by the goddess Artemis to be sacrificed. Cacoyannis adapted the film, the third in his "Greek Tragedy" trilogy, from his stage production of Euripides' play Iphigenia in Aulis. The film stars Tatiana Papamoschou as Iphigenia, Kostas Kazakos as Agamemnon and Irene Papas as Clytemnestra. The score was composed by Mikis Theodorakis.

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Director of photography: Giorgos Arvanitis
Narrative location: Ancient Greece
Film editor: Michael Cacoyannis
Based on: Iphigenia in Aulis
Nominations: Academy Award for Best International Feature Film(February 21, 1978) statement is subject of: 50th Academy Awards
International Submission to the Academy Awards(1978) subject named as: Iphigenia · significant event: 50th Academy Awards · nominee: Greece
After a work by: Euripides
Title: Ιφιγένεια
Color: color
Characters: Agamemnon
Clytemnestra
Menelaus
Iphigenia
Achilles
Odysseus
Calchas
Distribution format: video on demand
Australian Classification: PG(since 1978) rating certificate id: 0030273E779B · distribution format: 35 mm film

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