Phaedra
"A violent drama of profane love"
Cast & Crew
Melina Mercouri
as Phaedra Kyrilis
Anthony Perkins
as Alexis Kyrilis
Raf Vallone
as Thanos Kyrilis
Elizabeth Ercy
as Ercy (as Elisabeth Ercy)
Tzavalas Karousos
as Phaedra's father, (as T. Karoussos)
Zorz Sarri
as Ariadne
Andreas Filippides
as Andreas
Olympia Papadouka
as Anna
Stelios Vokovich
as Stravos
Jules Dassin
Director
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.
