Mourning Becomes Electra (1947)

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Country: USA
Genres: Drama
Release: 1947-11-19
Director: Dudley Nichols
Writers: Eugene O’Neill
Language: English
Stars: Rosalind Russell , Michael Redgrave , Raymond Massey , Katina Paxinou , Leo Genn , Kirk Douglas , Nancy Coleman , Henry Hull , Sara Allgood (1879–1950) , Thurston Hall
Runtime: 159 min
Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. 2 wins & 2 nominations total
AKA: Mourning Becomes Electra (United Kingdom) , A Electra le sienta bien el luto (Spain) , Eugene O'Neill's Mourning Becomes Electra (United States of America) , Sorg klæder Elektra (Denmark) , Mourning Becomes Electra (United States of America) , Il lutto si addice ad Elettra (Italy) , Amerikai Elektra (Hungary) , Electra (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Żałoba przystoi Elektrze (Poland) , Mourning Becomes Electra (Canada) , Mourning Becomes Electra , El luto le sienta a Electra (Argentina) , Le deuil sied à Électre (France, French Republic) , Electra (Mexico) , Το πένθος ταιριάζει στην Ηλέκτρα (Greece) , Conflito de Paixões (Brazil) , Траур к лицу Электре , Sorgen kler Elektra (Norway) , Trauer muss Elektra tragen (Germany)
Plot: Eugene O'Neill's updated version of the Oresteia. In New England, after the American Civil War, a war-weary Agamemnon, Brigadier General Ezra Mannon (Raymond Massey) comes home to his unhappy wife Christine (Katina Paxinou) and loving daughter Lavinia (Rosalind Russell). But Lavinia's ex-suitor, Adam Brant (Leo Genn), has become Christine's lover, and together Adam and Christine plot to poison Ezra. When they succeed, Lavinia turns to her brother Orin (Sir Michael Redgrave) to help bring the lovers to justice, but when they succeed, Orin goes mad and his suicide note may come between Lavinia and her new suitor, Peter Niles (Kirk Douglas).
IMDB:tt0039636