Irene Papas
17 titles
Filmography
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Electra
(1962)Two children witness their father's murder by their mother and her lover. After years of exile, the children return to avenge his death. Adapted from Euripides' classic tragedy "Electra."

Antigone
(1961)When a blood feud takes the life of Antigone's (Irene Papas) outlaw brother, the tyrannical King of Thebes decrees that the body he denied a proper burial. In defiance of the law of the king (her uncle), Antigone heroically holds to the calling of a more sublime decree -- no matter what the price in the world of the flesh. Made with the assistance of the Greek army.

Oasis of Fear
(1971)
The Message
(1976)This must-see epic depicts the birth of Islam. In the 7th century Mohammed is visited by Angel Gabriel who urges him to lead the people of Mecca and worship God. But they're exiled in Medina before returning to Mecca to take up arms against their oppressors and liberate their city in the name of God.

Z
(1969)A political assassination uncovers a hotbed of corruption.

We Still Kill the Old Way
(1967)While investigating two murders, a professor uses threatening, anonymous letters as evidence to tie in the wife of one of the victims as a suspect.
Zorba the Greek
(1964)The uptight British heir to a Cretan mine learns about life and love from an exuberant Greek labourer while trying to restart his business and cure his writer's block.

The Assisi Underground
(1985)This gripping story of the crucial work done by the people of Assisi to rescue hundreds of Italian Jews from Nazi execution during their occupation of Italy in 1943.

High Season
(1987)An English photographer living in Greece has her life turned upside down when a series of issues with friends and a stranger arise during the summer.

Lion of the Desert
(1981)In pre-War World War II, the dictator Benito Mussolini commands a harsh General to join the colonial war in Libya in order to crush the Arab nation.

Don't Torture a Duckling
(1972)A reporter and a young woman investigate a spate of child murders in a remote southern Italian town rife with superstition and a distrust of outsiders.

Moses the Lawgiver
(1976)The epic story of Moses, who led the Israelites out of slavery, parted the Red Sea and received the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai.

The Moon-Spinners
(1964)Start with a fortune in stolen jewels. Add a dash of danger. A pinch of romance. Season with Hitchcock-like intrigue and comic flair. What do you have? A mystery thriller for the whole family. Set against the sun-bleached beauty of the Isle of Crete, the story pits a young English tourist (Hayley Mills) against a wily Greek jewel thief (Eli Wallach). Mistaken identities and perilous escapes -- including a nail-biting battle with a windmill -- lead the junior-miss detective to a final confrontation aboard the yacht of an eccentric millionairess (Pola Negri) with a passion for priceless gems and pet cheetahs!

Ring of Darkness
(1979)Having sold her soul to the Devil in her youth, a now adult Satanist notices her daughter is developing powers and a strong desire to harm others.

Captain Corelli's Mandolin
(2001)Academy Award winner Nicolas Cage (The Family Man) and sexy Penélope Cruz (Vanilla Sky) electrify the screen in this romance from the director of Shakespeare in Love. Cage stars as Captain Antonio Corelli, an Italian officer whose company of soldiers is sent to Cephallonia, a beautiful Greek island untouched by war.

The Unfaithfuls
(1953)An adulterer's scheme to get out of his marriage inadvertently spirals into tragedy in this biting satire of the post-war Italian bourgeoisie.

The Guns of Navarone
(1961)One of the most exciting action films ever made! It's W.W. II, and concealed deep within the solid rock of a cliff, impregnable to assault by sea or air, are the German Army's mighty guns of Navarone. Because they control a strategic channel in the Aegean Sea, it's imperative that the guns are destroyed. A specialised commando team is assembled. Included are mountaineer Keith Mallory, explosive..