Films with: Euripides

Elektra

Desolation and despair reign supreme in the kingdom of Mycenae. The great Agamemnon has been brutally murdered; his son Orestes has fled and his daughter Electra has been imprisoned within the walls of the castle. All hope seems lost until the sacred oracle speaks and replaces Electra's broken spirit with an unquenchable desire for justice and bloody vengeance.

DVD 9572

Iphigeneia

Commander Agamemnon stands ready to launch his infamous thousand ships to retrieve the beautiful Helen of Troy. As the wind refuses to blow, a priest condemns him for sacrilege, and the powerful general is pressured to sacrific his daughter to save the states. Threatened and tormented, Agamemnon is faced with sending his child like a lamb to the slaugher and betraying his wife.

DVD 9375

Medea

Based on Euripides' classic tragedy of a proud woman betrayed by the man she loves.

DVD 2379

Medea

Medea seeks vengeance against Jason after he betrays her in a search for the golden fleece.

DVD 4236

Orestes Terrorist a version of Euripides' Orestes /

"Working from the Greek, professor Mary-Kay Gamel has molded Euripides' original Orestres into a modern retelling of the tragic and bloody myth of Orestes, son of Agamemnon and Klytemnestra, and his sister Elektra. Vengeance, patricide and desperation culminate in a final scene unparalleled in ancient drama."--UCSC website.

DVD 9646