Elettra (original)
1909
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523Synopsis
From the Greek myth. Agamemnon lies dying, murdered by his wife Clytemnestra. Before he is sent away from the palace, Orestes is begged by his sister Elektra to avenge their father one day. She waits ten years for him. On his return, she takes him to where Clytemnestra is sleeping. As he deliberates, armed guards force their way in. Orestes defeats them in swordplay and then kills his mother. Next, he kills her lover Aegisthus. Elektra and Orestes display the two dead bodies to the crowd outside the palace. (565ft)
- Production Country: Italy
- Production Company: Aquila
- BFI Category: N/A
- Source: N/A
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N/AFilm Technical Information
- Original Length: 265 m
- Length of BFI Viewing Print: 563 ft
- Support: Viewable
- Black and White
- Format: 35 mm
Comments on the print:
Analysis pending as part of a cluster of 'Greek' films.
Source for original length: Aldo Bernardini, Il cinema muto italiano 1905-1909 (1996), p. 285. The BFI print appears to be unique andcomes from its Joye collection.
See also The Turconi project for some colour frames: shots http://legacy.cinetecadelfriuli.org/progettoturconi/title.php?TITLE_NUMBER=710