Iphigenia (film)

Iphigenia
Directed by	Michael Cacoyannis
Written by	Michael Cacoyannis Euripides (play)
Produced by	Michael Cacoyannis
Cinematography	Giorgos Arvanitis
Edited by	Takis Yanopoulos
Music by	Mikis Theodorakis
Production company	Greek Film Center
Distributed by	Cinema V (USA)
Release date	1 October 1977 (1977-10-01)
Running time	127 minutes
Country	Greece
Language	Greek

Iphigenia (Greek: Ιφιγένεια) is a 1977 Greek film directed by Michael Cacoyannis, based on the Greek myth of Iphigenia, the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, who was ordered by the goddess Artemis to be sacrificed. Cacoyannis adapted the film, the third in his "Greek Tragedy" trilogy (after the release of Electra in 1962 and The Trojan Women in 1971), from his stage production of Euripides' play Iphigenia at Aulis. The film stars Tatiana Papamoschou as Iphigenia, Kostas Kazakos as Agamemnon and Irene Papas as Clytemnestra. The score was composed by Mikis Theodorakis.

Iphigenia was nominated for one Oscar, Best Foreign Language Film.^[1] It was also nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 1977 Cannes Film Festival.^[2] Iphigenia received the 1978 Belgian Femina Award and received the Best Film Award at the 1977 Thessaloniki Film Festival, where Tatiania Papamoschou also received the Best Leading Actress Award for her role as Iphigenia.