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Électre
Électre
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Électre

1972
2h 13m
Drama

Status

Released

Release

1972

Runtime

2h 13m

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Storyline

During the long journey that brought him home victorious in the Trojan War, Agamemnon fell in love with one of his captives, Cassander, daughter of Priam, with whom he had children. The reception in Argos, more than ten years later, was icy. Annoyed by the double indelicacy of her husband, Clytemnestra, his wife who had meanwhile become the mistress of Aegisthus, killed him with the help of her lover. Aegisthus then became the regent and ensured the prosperity of the city alongside his mistress, the widowed queen. But Electra, one of the daughters of Agamemnon, has always foreseen the murder and adultery of her mother. Solitary, wild, she lives in the royal palace awaiting the return of Orestes, her brother who has taken refuge since childhood with an uncle, in order to take revenge. Electra can begin, the crimes of the Atreides family continue quietly, as planned.

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Details

Status
Released
Runtime
2h 13m
Jul 7, 1972
Languages
French
Director
Pierre Dux
Pierre Dux
Production
Editions Montparnasse
Editions Montparnasse
INA
INA
Production Countries
France

Top Cast

7 Cast Members

François Chaumette

François Chaumette

Egisthe

Michel Duchaussoy

Michel Duchaussoy

The gardener

Annie Ducaux

Annie Ducaux

Clytemnestra

Denise Gence

Denise Gence

The Narsès woman

Michel Aumont

Michel Aumont

President

Paul-Émile Deiber

Paul-Émile Deiber

The beggar

Catherine Salviat

Catherine Salviat

A great Eumenide

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