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| Name | Iphigenia (1977)| Oscar-Nominated| Full Length Movie based on Euripides' Tragedy| English Subtitles |
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| Video Discription | Greek film directed by Michael Cacoyannis, based on Euripides' play "Iphigenia at Aulis". The score was composed by Mikis Theodorakis. "Iphigenia" relates the story of an incident that took place just prior to the Trojan War. Helen, wife of Menelaus, king of Sparta, had eloped to Troy with Paris, son of King Priam. Menelaus' brother, Agamemnon, King of Argos, had assembled a huge expeditionary Greek force on the shores of Aulis that he planned to lead to Troy. But the winds refuse to blow. The oracle, demands that Agamemnon offers a sacrifice. Once the sacrifice is made, Artemis will consent for the armies to sail to Troy by allowing the winds to blow eastward. The sacrifice is to be Agamemnon's first-born daughter, Iphigenia. Under extreme pressure, Agamemnon sends a message to his wife Clytemnestra, asking her to send their daughter Iphigenia, to Aulis, ostensibly to wed Achilles. ----------------- Original Title: Ιφιγένεια IMDb rate: 7.7/10 Cast Irene Papas Kostas Kazakos Tatiana Papamoschou Kostas Karras Panos Mihalopoulos Movie Trivia: 1. "Iphigenia" was the last installment of Cacoyannis' "Greek Tragedy" trilogy. The first one being "Electra" (1962), which was followed by "The Trojan Woman" (1971), starring Katharine Hepburn and Vanessa Redgrave. Irene Papas also stars in all of them. 2. Greek Cypriot filmmaker Michael Cacoyannis (known mostly for directing "Zorba the Greek") was notably one of the best European directors of his time, and critics often compared him with Akira Kurosawa and Grigori Kozintsev. Being an experienced director by the time he filmed "Electra", Cacoyiannis creates a powerful work of art with great visuals. The crisp splendid black-and-white photography of the film creates a fascinating yet terrifying atmosphere. 3. Iphigenia was nominated for one Oscar, Best Foreign Language Film. It was also nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 1977 Cannes Film Festival. Iphigenia received the 1978 Belgian Femina Award and received the Best Film Award at the 1977 Thessaloniki Film Festival, where Tatiana Papamoschou also received the Best Leading Actress Award for her role as Iphigenia. 4. Cacoyannis made a number of changes to Iphigenia at Aulis in order to adapt it to modern cinema, some of them significant divergences from the original plot. Cacoyannis does away with the traditional Greek tragic chorus originally employed to explain key scenes, replacing it in some cases with a chorus of Greek soldiers. He adds new characters who were not present, but who were mentioned, in the original play, Odysseus and Calchas, to further the plot and voice certain themes. 5. As in Euripides' original work, Cacoyannis deliberately renders the ending ambiguous. Though Greek myth states that Iphigenia was miraculously saved by the deities at the moment of her death, this event is not directly depicted in either the play or the film, leaving Iphigenia's true fate in question although Agamemnon's expression leaves little doubt that her death, in fact, has just taken place. 5. In the original text of the "Iliad", borth parties are considered to be "Greeks". The distinction between Trojans and Greeks (called "Achaeans" by Homer), was invented by English scholars, who, influenced by Roman literature, thought of Trojans to be primordial Romans. This conception in attributed to Roman poet Virgil, who wrote his famous epic poem "Aeneid", heavily influenced by Homer's Odyssey. His goal, apart from telling a story that would live through the ages, was to to embellish the humble origins of the Romans and flatter roman emperor Augustus by linking his heritage to the idolized Trojans. 5jD-IuhwLmk |
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