The Cherry Orchard 1999  N/R, 137 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Cacoyannis
Cast: Charlotte Rampling, Alan Bates, Katrin Cartlidge, Owen Teale, Tushka Bergen, Xander Berkeley, Gerard Butler, Andrew Howard, Melanie Lynskey, Ian McNeice
This film is based on one of Russian writer Anton Chekhov's greatest plays. Set in 1900 Russia, the story philosophizes about the fact that freeing the serfs has led to self-made businessmen while members of the aristocracy no longer can afford their accustomed lifestyles. Madame Ranyevskaya (Charlotte Rampling) is faced with a decision: sell the family's cherry orchard to a developer who will cut down all the trees–or risk losing everything.
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Electra 1962 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Michael Cacoyannis
Cast: Irene Papas, Aleka Katseli, Yannis Fertis, Theano Ioannidou, Notis Peryalis, Takis Emmanuel, Phoebus Rhazis, Manos Katrakis, Pierre Ampeles, Elsie Pittas
Euripides' tragedy is adapted by Michael Cacoyannis for his play and film about a brother and sister who plot to kill their mother, a wicked queen who had killed their father. Nominated for a Best Foreign Film Oscar.
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Iphigenia 1977  N/R, 127 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Michael Cacoyannis
Cast: Irene Papas, Kostas Kazakos, Kostas Karras, Tatiana Papamoschou, Christos Tsagas, Panos Mihalopoulos, Dimitri Aronis, Pitsa Konitsioti, Dezy Sempekopoulou, Eirini Koumarianou, Angelos Yannoulis, Georges Vourvahakis
In this film rendition of Euripides' Greek classic, King Agamemmon (Kostas Kazakos), along with Helen's husband Menelaos, is leading the Greeks to Troy to rescue the kidnapped Helen. Because of a lack of wind, the thousand ships to be launched are unable to sail, and the soldiers need food. Agamemmon sends soldiers out to kill some deer, and, in the process slaughter the sacred deer. Now, Agamemmon must sacrifice his 12-year-old daughter Iphigenia (Tatiana Papamoschou) to appease the gods. Despite the pleas of Iphigenia's mother Clytemnestre (Irene Papas), the sacrifice is carried out. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Film.
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Zorba the Greek 1964  N/R, 142 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Cacoyannis
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Alan Bates, Irene Papas, Lila Kedrova, George Foundas, Yorgo Voyagis, Eleni Anousaki, Takis Emmanuel, Anna Kyriakou
Zorba (Anthony Quinn) is a high-spirited Greek who teaches a young British writer (Alan Bates) how to find contentment. Zorba: "I like you too much to not say it: you've got everything, except one thing–madness. A man needs a little madness, or else...he never dares cut the rope and be free." Lila Kedrova won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress and nominations included Best Picture, Actor (Quinn), and Director.
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| 1. The Cherry Orchard (1999)
2. Electra (1962)
3. Iphigenia (1977)
4. The Trojan Women (1971)
5. Zorba the Greek (1964)
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