The classic tragedy, in Greek with subtitles, may not appeal to everyone. Kazakos and Papas embody the sublimity of the classical Greece tragedy. Sidney Poitier’s 7 Most Memorable Performances, All Harry Potter Movies Ranked Worst to Best by Tomatometer, All Upcoming Disney Movies: New Disney Live-Action, Animation, Pixar, Marvel, 20th Century, And Searchlight, Benedict Cumberbatch’s Doctor Strange Will Appear in. List of submissions to the 50th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, List of Greek submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, "The 50th Academy Awards (1978) Nominees and Winners", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Iphigenia_(film)&oldid=973706318, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 18 August 2020, at 19:19. Rumor has it this great follow-up to Elektra lost the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1978 by one vote. 1,502 films 6,769 122 Edit, NeverTooEarlyMP 4,925 films 7,139 432 Edit. Agamemnon's quarters resembles a barn, he dresses, as do the others, in utilitarian, hand-woven, simple garb. Coming Soon. When Agamemnon meets with Clytemnestra, he still vainly tries to convince her to return to Argos without witnessing the "wedding." Not Rated ", Robert Graves, The Greek Myths, London: Penguin, 1955; Baltimore: Penguin pp. The goddess Artemis hasbeen offended and the fleet will remain becalmed until a sacrifice ismade. Rumor has it this great follow-up to Elektra lost the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1978 by one vote. Clytemnestra rises into a fury and in desperation, confronts her husband one last time. Cacoyannis also added some characters to his film that do not appear in Euripides' tragedy: Odysseus, Calchas, and the army. Enough with the tears. Title: In Euripides’ Iphigenia at Aulis, it is Menelaus who convinces Agamemnon to heed the seer Calchas's advice. The City of the Future (A Cidade do Futuro), Fall TV First Look: Find Out What’s Coming, The Best Peacock Original Shows and Movies, All Upcoming Disney Movies: New Disney Live-Action, Animation, Pixar, Marvel, and More. But my hope for humanity still stands. Irene Pappas as Clytemnestra and Kostas Kozakos as Agamemnon both give Oscar-worthy performances, and young Tatiana Popamoschou does an exceptional job in the title role. [1], "Iphigenia" means "strong-born," "born to strength," or "she who causes the birth of strong offspring. Enjoy! This wonderful film is masterfully adapted for the screen and brought to life by a wonderful cast. See photos of celebrities like Scarlett Johansson and Leonardo DiCaprio before they hit the big-time, and revisit their earliest onscreen roles. Your AMC Ticket Confirmation# can be found in your order confirmation email. The full (rarely used) name of the fictional private investigator V. I. Warshawski, created by Sara Paretsky, is Victoria Iphigenia Warshawski. -Compared to Ilektra (1962), it is more focused on the main plot, but less exquisitely framed and omits the technique of using a dynamic sequence of epic and nightmarish proportions for telling the preceding play of the story.-Compared to The Trojan Women (1971), it is not mystical, performances are less melodramatic, and dialogue sequences are prolongued with the same dramatic intensity.-Compared…. J. Donald Hughes, "Goddess of Conservation. His punishment from the gods, the sacrifice of his daughter Iphigenia. When Orestes arrives at Tauris with Pylades, son of Strophius and intimate friend of Orestes, the pair are immediately captured by the Tauri, who have a custom of sacrificing all Greek strangers to Artemis. Iphigenia is one of the most authentic-looking depictions of ancient Greece I've ever seen, and the cinematography is absolutely beautiful in every shot. After his quest to retrieve the fabled Golden Fleece, Jason returns to Greece with the powerful sorceress, Medea. The director of photography, Giorgos Arvanitis, shows us a rugged but beautiful Greece, where since the Homeric days time seems to have stood still. Iphigenia at Aulis, a poem by Walter Savage Landor A Fair Wind For Troy, novel by Doris Gates Iphigenia, a 1977 Greek film directed by Michael Cacoyannis Iphigenia in Crimea, BBC Radio 3 play by Tony Harrison Iphigenia in "[2], Iphianassa (Ἰφιάνασσα) is the name of one of Agamemnon's three daughters in Homer's Iliad (ix.145, 287)[3] The name Iphianassa may be simply an older variant of the name Iphigenia. If Agamemnon refuses, it is likely they will turn on him and kill him and his family. Just leave us a message here and we will work on getting you verified. When she sees Achilles, Clytemnestra mentions the marriage; Achilles, however, appears to be unaware of it, and she and Iphigenia gradually learn the truth. you mean to tell me iphigenia WASNT played by timothy chalamet???? With the possible exception of Menelaus, whose honor has been tarnished by his own wife's elopement with her lover, everyone else has his own private motivation for going to war with Troy, which has nothing to do with Helen: the thirst for power (Agamemnon), greed (the army, Odysseus), or glory (Achilles).