Phaedra (1962)

Directed by

Jules Dassin

Genre

drama film

Country

Greece, France, United States

Runtime

1h 56m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 40 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy Greek shipping magnate's second wife falls into a forbidden love affair with her stepson. The story follows their destructive passion across glamorous European settings.

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What happens

Phaedra (Greek: Φαίδρα) is a 1962 American-Greek drama film directed by Jules Dassin as a vehicle for his partner (and future wife) Melina Mercouri, after her worldwide hit Never on Sunday. The film was the fourth collaboration between Dassin and Mercouri, who took the title role. Greek writer Margarita Liberaki adapted Euripides' Hippolytus into a melodrama concerning the rich society of ship owners and their families, but still containing some of the tragic elements of the ancient drama. The film is set in Paris, London, and the Greek island of Hydra. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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