Watch NowPhaedra (1962)
25/05/1962
Drama, Romance
1h 55m
- 57% (31 votes)
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A violent drama of profane love
Overview
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.
- Jules DassinDirector, Writer
- Margarita LymberakiScreenplay
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$900,000
Keywords
- greece
- athens, greece
- aston martin
- seer
- stepmother
- greek mythology
- tragedy
- stepson
- fate
- aegean sea
- car wreck
- drive over cliff
- greek island
- shipping magnate
- business tycoon
- ship launch
- hydra
- father son conflict
- greek tragedy
- fortune-telling
- stepmother stepson relationship
- male heir
Top Billed Cast
Melina Mercouri
Phaedra Kyrilis
Anthony Perkins
Alexis Kyrilis
Raf Vallone
Thanos Kyrilis
Elizabeth Ercy
Ercy (as Elisabeth Ercy)
Tzavalas Karousos
Phaedra's father, (as T. Karoussos)
Zorz Sarri
Ariadne
Andreas Filippides
Andreas
Olympia Papadouka
Anna
Stelios Vokovich
Stravos
Nikos Tzogias
Felere (as Nicos Tzoyas)
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