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| Directed by | Michael Cacoyannis |
| Written by | Michael Cacoyannis |
| Based on | Electra 413 B.C. by Euripides |
| Produced by | Michael Cacoyannis |
| Starring | Irene Papas Giannis Fertis Aleka Katselli Manos Katrakis Notis Peryalis Fivos Razi Takis Emmanuel Theano Ioannidou Malaina Anousaki Theodoros Dimitriou Theodore Demetriou Elsie Pittas Petros Ampelas Kitty Arseni Thodoros Exarhos Elli Fotiou Afroditi Grigoriadou Kostas Kazakos |
| Cinematography | Walter Lassally |
| Edited by | Leonidas Antonakis |
| Music by | Mikis Theodorakis |
Production company | Finos Film |
| Distributed by | Lopert Pictures Corporation (USA), United Artists (internationally [Finland, Denmark, Sweden, Argentina, Mexico]) |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
| Country | Greece |
| Language | Greek |
Electra (Greek: Ηλέκτρα Ilektra) is a 1962 Greek film based on the play Electra, written by Euripides. It was directed by Michael Cacoyannis, serving as the first installment of his "Greek tragedy" trilogy, followed by The Trojan Women in 1971 and Iphigenia in 1977. The film starred Irene Papas in the lead role as Elektra and Giannis Fertis as Orestis.