Adapted from Euripides’s final play by director Michael Cacoyannis (Zorba The Greek, 1964), Iphigenia, which played in competition at Cannes and was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, recounts the myth in which Mycenaean king Agamemnon (Kostas Kozakos), leading his armies to what would be known as the Trojan War, is ordered to sacrifice his titular daughter in atonement for offending the goddess Artemis. When his queen, Clytemnestra (Irene Papas), arrives unbidden with the girl, he is caught between his duty to his family and his duty to his country. Cacoyannis’s lavish spectacle is grounded by excellent performances.