Électre (1972)

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 2H 13M

Director : Pierre Dux

Synopsis

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.

Actors

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-Emile Deiber
Paul-Emile Deiber
The beggar
Catherine Salviat
Catherine Salviat
A great Eumenide

Crews

Pierre Dux
Pierre Dux
Director
Pierre Dux
Pierre Dux
Action Director
Tony Aubin
Tony Aubin
Music
Jean Giraudoux
Jean Giraudoux
Writer
Bernard Girod
Bernard Girod
Director of Photography
Georges Wakhévitch
Georges Wakhévitch
Costume Designer

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