iphigenia great achievement michael cacoyannis masterful play masterfully adapted screen brought life wonderful cast cacoyannis achieved impossible managed film greek tragedy screen without losing effectiveness importance stellar greek cast helps this newcomer tatiana papamoschou extremely impressive iphigenia equally impressive irene papas who even though sometimes seems top realistic wonderful greek film beautifully adapted directed michael cacoyannis excellent music score mikis theodorakis ideal every scenebr br ps rumours say film lost best foreign language film oscar  vote