Phaedra

May 25, 1962

1h 56m

★ 5.7

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.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

MelinaFilm

Joele

Jorilie

Phaedra Trailers

Cast

Phaedra Kyrilis

Melina Mercouri

Alexis Kyrilis

Anthony Perkins

Thanos Kyrilis

Raf Vallone

Ercy (as Elisabeth Ercy)

Elizabeth Ercy

Phaedra's father, (as T. Karoussos)

Tzavalas Karousos

Ariadne

Zorz Sarri

Andreas

Andreas Filippides

Anna

Olympia Papadouka

Stravos

Stelios Vokovich

Felere (as Nicos Tzoyas)

Nikos Tzogias

Heleni

Depi Martini

Dimitris

Alexis Pezas

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