Phaedra

Phaedra

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1962-09-01

Languages:

English, Greek

Countries:

France, Greece, USA

Runtime:

115 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (860 Reviews)

Director:

Jules Dassin

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Margarita Lymberaki (screenplay)

Jules Dassin

Margarita Lymberaki (original scenario)

Fullplot:

The powerful Greek shipowner and constructor Thanos proposes to marry Phaedra during the baptism of a ship with her name. Phaedra, who is the daughter of Thanos'greatest competitor, is a bored woman and has a son from her first marriage. Thanos gives an expensive ring to Phaedra and soon he learns that his estranged son from his first marriage, Alexis, has left the University of Economics in London to dedicate to paint. Thanos asks Phaedra to travel to London to bring Alexis to meet him in Greece. When Phaedra meets Alexis, she falls in love with her stepson and seduces him. Their doomed love affair leads the family to a tragedy.

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