Film
Phaedra
France · Greece · United States- Age rating
- +16
- Director
- Jules Dassin
- Year
- 1962
A violent drama of profane love
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.
Top 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)
Depi Martini
Heleni
Alexis Pezas
Dimitris
Tasso Kavadia
Kostas Baladimas
Dimos (as Dimos Baladinas)
Faidon Georgitsis
Giannis Bertos
Phedon Papamichael
George Txanis
Directed by
Jules Dassin
Written by
Margarita Lymberaki, Jules Dassin
Produced by
Jules Dassin
