iphigenia be the great achievement of michael cacoyannis . this masterful play be masterfully adapt for the screen and brought to life by a wonderful cast . cacoyannis achieve the impossible . he manage to film a greek tragedy to screen without lose it effectiveness and importance . a stellar greek cast help him in this . newcomer tatiana papamoschou be extremely impressive a iphigenia . equally impressive be irene papa and who even though she sometimes seem over the top and it be very realistic . a wonderful greek film and beautifully adapt and direct by michael cacoyannis and with an excellent music score by mikis theodorakis which be ideal in every scene . p. s. rumour say that the film lose the best foreign language film oscar by only 1 vote .