Phaedra
A violent drama of profane love
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- Drama
- Romance
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.
Keywords
- tragedy
- greek mythology
- business tycoon
- fate
- greece
- greek island
- father son conflict
- aston martin
- stepmother
- car wreck
- stepson
- stepmother stepson relationship
- seer
- greek tragedy
- drive over cliff
- athens
- shipping magnate
- fortune-telling
- aegean sea
- ship launch
- hydra
- male heir
- athens, greece
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- May 25, 1962
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- Greek, English
- Countries
- France, Greece, United States of America
- Production
- MelinaFilm,Joele,Jorilie
- Cast
- Melina Mercouri,Anthony Perkins,Raf Vallone,Elizabeth Ercy,Tzavalas Karousos,Zorz Sarri,Andreas Filippides,Olympia Papadouka,Stelios Vokovich,Nikos Tzogiasand 13 more
- Director
- Jules Dassin
- Producer
- Jules Dassin
- Cinematography
- Jacques Natteau
- Music
- Míkis Theodorakis
- Budget
- $900,000
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0056346