The car Phaedra buys her stepson is a 1960 Aston Martin DB4 MkII.
This tale of forbidden love leading to tragedy has continued to hold audiences, inspiring a version by the ancient Roman writer Seneca, 17th century French playwright Jean Racine's Phedre, an opera by Hans Werner Henze, a dance piece choreographed by Martha Grahame, a cantata by Benjamin Britten and a British version by Tony Harrison, Phaedra Brittanica, set in 19th century India. In 1924, Eugene O'Neilll updated the story to a 19th century New England farm to create one of his most successful early plays, Desire Under the Elms.
Fedra (1962) 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 Mai di domenica (1960) (Never on Sunday).
Anthony Perkins loved milk and Jules Dassin promised him fresh milk daily during shooting of the film.
Fedra (1962) was the fourth collaboration between Jules Dassin and Melina Mercouri, who took the title role. Greek writer Margarita Lymberaki adapted Euripides' play Hippolytus (428 B.C.) 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.