Directed by:
Jules DassinCinematography:
Jacques NatteauComposer:
Mikis TheodorakisCast:
Melina Mercouri, Anthony Perkins, Raf Vallone, Elizabeth Ercy, Andreas Filippides, Jules Dassin, Phedon Papamichael, Giorgos Pantzas, Faidon Georgitsis (more)Plots(1)
Inspired by Euripedes' tragedy "Hippolytus" and set in modern times, this allegorical tale centers on the love triangle between a fabulously wealthy Greek shipping magnate, his lonely second wife, and his first-born son. The affair between the wife and her stepson begins soon after she arrives in London to bring him back to Greece so her husband can teach him about shipping and he can marry another tycoon's daughter to cement a new alliance. Though the son quickly falls in love with his beautiful stepmother, he cannot overcome his crushing guilt at having betrayed his father. When the wife learns of her husband's planned betrothal of his son, she becomes enraged and confesses her affair. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Melina Mercouri
Greece
Best movies:
He Who Must Die (1957)
The Victors (1963)
The Law (1959)
Anthony Perkins
USA
Best movies:
Psycho (1960)
Le Glaive et la balance (1963)
Goodbye Again (1961)
Raf Vallone
Italy
Best movies:
The Godfather: Part III (1990)
The Scarlet and the Black (1983) (TV movie)
Two Women (1960)
Elizabeth Ercy
Best movies:
The Victors (1963)
Angélique, marquise des anges (1964)
Angelique: The Road to Versailles (1965)
Andreas Filippides
Greece
Best movies:
Summer Lovers (1982)
Jules Dassin
USA
Best movies:
Rififi (1955)
Never on Sunday (1960)
Phedon Papamichael
Best movies:
Love Streams (1984)
Sketch Artist (1992) (TV movie)
Giorgos Pantzas
Greece
Faidon Georgitsis
Greece
Best movies:
Never on Sunday (1960)
Tasso Kavadia
Greece
Tzavalas Karousos
Greece
Kostas Baladimas
Best movies:
Weak Spot (1975)
The 300 Spartans (1962)
Nikos Tzogias
Greece