Phaedra
A violent drama of profane love
Rating: 5.7 out of 10TMDB(43 votes)
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.
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Nominations
2 award nominations, including the Oscar for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White (1963)
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Box office
Made on a $900K budget
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Based on
Based on Hippolytus
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Filming locations
Filmed in Greece
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Setting
Set in Greece
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Music
Music by Mikis Theodorakis
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Jacques Natteau
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Margarita LymberakiScreenplay
- Jules DassinWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- May 25, 1962
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $900K
- Countries
- France, Greece, United States of America
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In the United States
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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
Tasso Kavadia
Kostas BaladimasDimos (as Dimos Baladinas)
Faidon Georgitsis
Giannis Bertos- Phedon Papamichael
- George Txanis
Giorgos Panjas- E. Zachariades
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