Phaedra

Name: Phaedra
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1962-05-25
Duration: 1 h 56 min
Rating: 5.7
Cast: Melina Mercouri, Anthony Perkins, Raf Vallone, Elizabeth Ercy, Tzavalas Karousos

May 25, 1962
Directed by
Jules Dassin

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.