Iphigenia
7.7
The Greek army is about to set sail to a great battle, but the winds refuse to blow. Their leader, King Agamemnon, seeks to provide better food, but accidentally slays a sacred deer. His punishment from the gods, the sacrifice of his daughter Iphigenia.
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Part of Greek Tragedy Trilogy
3 films
Cast
13 people
Irene Papas
Klytaimnistra
Known for
The Odyssey
Z
Kostas Kazakos
Agamemnonas
Also in
Wedding ring on the right
Bullets Don't Come Back
Kostas Karras
Menelaos
Also in
Gigolos
Lieutenant Natassa
Tatiana Papamoschou
Ifigeneia
Also in
To mystiko tou Ari Bonsalenti
The Guards of Achaia
Christos Tsagas
Odysseas
Also in
The Photograph
Until the Ship Sails
Panos Mihalopoulos
Achilleas
Also in
I ora i kali
The Jackals
Angelos Yannoulis
Servant
Also in
The Lagoon of Desire
Κατατρεγμένοι της μοίρας
Dimitris Aronis
Kalhas
Also in
Good morning Life
The garden with the statues
Eirini Koumarianou
Nurse
Known for
Voyage to Cythera
Giorgos Oikonomou
Messenger
Also in
Pascali's Island
The Outlaws
Dimitris Kontogiannis
Myrmidon (as Dimitris Kondogiannis)
Also in
The Teacher was One Hell of a Man
Our Old Friends
Sofia Kakarelidou
Also in
Haravgi
Οι Δικηγόροι της Αθήνας
Mihalis Kakogiannis Director · Euripides Author Míkis Theodorakis Composer
United States release November 20, 1977 · Produced in Greece · Languages Greek, Polish
Production
Greek Film Centre
Production
Greece
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Ιφιγένεια
Original language
Greek
Spoken on screen
Greek · Polish
Release dates
France · May 13, 1977
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
Greece · September 30, 1977
Limited theatrical · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
United States · November 20, 1977
Theatrical
Canada
September 10, 1977 · Limited theatrical · Toronto International Film Festival
France
February 8, 1978 · Theatrical
Greece
November 28, 1997 · Theatrical
Netherlands
November 2, 1978 · Theatrical
Portugal
June 28, 1979 · Theatrical
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