Electra

4/19/2026

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 left to be neglected until she was married off to a lowly arable farmer (Notis Peryalis). As it happens, he is quite a decent man who makes few demands of a lady he knows had no choice in their betroth