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Phaedra
Film / 1962

Phaedra

Directed by Jules Dassin
DramaRomance

★ 5.7/10Audience rating

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 story

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.

Cast

Melina MercouriPhaedra Kyrilis Anthony PerkinsAlexis Kyrilis Raf ValloneThanos Kyrilis Elizabeth ErcyErcy (as Elisabeth Ercy) Tzavalas KarousosPhaedra's father, (as T. Karoussos) Zorz SarriAriadne Andreas FilippidesAndreas Olympia PapadoukaAnna Stelios VokovichStravos Nikos TzogiasFelere (as Nicos Tzoyas) Depi MartiniHeleni Alexis PezasDimitris
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Tasso Kavadia Kostas BaladimasDimos (as Dimos Baladinas) Faidon Georgitsis Giannis Bertos Phedon Papamichael George Txanis Giorgos Panjas E. Zachariades Marc BohanSelf (uncredited) Jules DassinChristos (uncredited) Titika SarigouliIslander Woman (uncredited)

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