Medea(1963)

Stone Cold(en)

A lonely, recluse sculptor must confront his inner turmoil and reckon with his romantic desires when his statue comes to life.

Miss Julie(sv)

Television adaptation of Strindberg's play about the midsummer romance between the noblewoman and the valet.

Greek Gossip(en)

In a world where Greek mythology is reality, Ben, a lonely reporter, finds his morals swayed by his desperation for affection.

Trummor i natten(sv)

After the first world war Andreas returns to Berlin to find it in chaos after the fall of the empire. The main battle is between the Spartacists and the Freikorps and Andreas needs to find a place for himself in the conflict for the future of Germany.

Medea(it)

Based on the plot of Euripides' Medea. Medea centers on the barbarian protagonist as she finds her position in the Greek world threatened, and the revenge she takes against her husband Jason who has betrayed her for another woman.

Dacke(sv)

Nils Dacke, leader of the revolt against Gustav Vasa, is torn between his anger over social injustice and royal oppression, and his doubt in the power of himself and weapons.

Antigone(en)

Antigone asks the question of the difference between the spirit of the Law and the letter of the Law. This elemental ancient play about - honor, loyalty, love, betrayal and conviction - resonates as sharply and as damning today as it did when it was written 2,500 years ago.

Phaedra(en)

A modern retelling of the Greek myth of Phaedra. The young and fiery second wife of an extremely wealthy shipping magnate meets her estranged stepson Alexis and sparks immediately fly. Their love seems doomed from the beginning when she convinces him to come to Paris to meet his father.

The Trojan Women(en)

In the aftermath of the Trojan Wars, Queen Hecuba takes stock of the defeated kingdom. Her son has been killed, and his widow, Andromache, is left to raise their son, Astyanax, alone. Hecuba's daughter, Cassandra, fears being enslaved by her Greek masters, while Helen of Troy risks being executed. Astyanax also becomes the focus of the Greeks' attention as the last male heir of the Trojan royal family.

Electra(el)

Living in exile after the death of their father, the grown children of a murdered and usurped king converge to exact eye-for-an-eye revenge.

Семь крестиков в записной книжке(ru)

Gustav Vasa(sv)

Gustav Vasa struggles to keep power while dealing with the Dacke War in his own country and his foreign debts.

Beyond Tragedies(pt)

Recalling his childhood and relationship with his mother, a film student tries to understand the origin of his love for cinema and tragedies.

Mourning Becomes Electra(en)

Near the end of the Civil War, the proud residents of Mannon Manor await the return of shipping tycoon Ezra Mannon and son Orin. Meanwhile Ezra’s conniving wife Christine and daughter Lavinia vie for the love of a handsome captain with a dark secret while well-meaning neighbor Peter sets his sights on Lavinia.

In the Darkness of the Night(pt)

A disturbing film about the Portuguese underworld of prostitution.

Kinds of Kindness(en)

A triptych fable following a man without choice who tries to take control of his own life; a policeman who is alarmed that his wife who was missing-at-sea has returned and seems a different person; and a woman determined to find a specific someone with a special ability, who is destined to become a prodigious spiritual leader.

Orestea(it)

The story of the “Oresteia” begins with King Agamemnon's return to Argos after the fall of Troy. The chorus, composed of old Argives, recalls the sacrifice offered to the gods by Agamemnon, in Aulis, of his daughter Iphigenia to gain their favor.

Diskrummet(sv)

About the people at the bottom of the hierarchy working in a restaurant.

Nattcafé(sv)

Shows the people who visit a café that is open late at night

Prometheus(el)

This is a film of the 2013 Cambridge Greek Play production of Prometheus, presented at the Cambridge Arts Theatre.