MY LOVE ELEKTRA
Homage
On the horizon, shrouded in the billowing mist, a group of horsemen gallop through the dawn. It is the day on which the festival of justice is celebrated, the anniversary of that day 15 years ago on which Aegisthus assassinated King Agamemnon and liberated the people. But Electra, daughter of Agamemnon, is waiting for her brother Orestes, who shall avenge his father’s death. Based on the drama of the same title by László Gyurkó, Jancsó’s adaptation of the Classical tragedy is framed as a highly stylized question about the value of prosperity, freedom and justice.
SZERELMEM, ELEKTRA / MEINE LIEBE - ELEKTRA
HUN 1974 / 76 min
Director: Miklós Jancsó
- Screenplay: Gyula Hernádi
- Cinematographer: János Kende
- Editor: Zoltán Farkas
- Music: Tamás Cseh
- Cast: Mari Törőcsik,József Madaras,György Cserhalmi
- Producer: József Bajusz
- Production Company: Mafilm - Hungary
On the horizon, shrouded in the billowing mist, a group of horsemen gallop through the dawn. It is the day on which the festival of justice is celebrated, the anniversary of that day 15 years ago on which Aegisthus assassinated King Agamemnon and liberated the people. But Electra, daughter of Agamemnon, is waiting for her brother Orestes, who shall avenge his father’s death.
Based on the drama of the same title by László Gyurkó, Jancsó’s adaptation of the Classical tragedy is framed as a highly stylized question about the value of prosperity, freedom and justice.
- Screenplay: Gyula Hernádi
- Cinematographer: János Kende
- Editor: Zoltán Farkas
- Music: Tamás Cseh
- Cast: Mari Törőcsik,József Madaras,György Cserhalmi
- Producer: József Bajusz
- Production Company: Mafilm - Hungary