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Phèdre

Original title: National Theatre Live: Phèdre
  • 2009
  • 2h 5m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
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Helen Mirren in Phèdre (2009)
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The wife of the Athenian King Theseus conceives a forbidden love for his son (by an earlier wife) Hyppolytus. All ends badly for all.The wife of the Athenian King Theseus conceives a forbidden love for his son (by an earlier wife) Hyppolytus. All ends badly for all.The wife of the Athenian King Theseus conceives a forbidden love for his son (by an earlier wife) Hyppolytus. All ends badly for all.

  • Directors
    • Nicholas Hytner
    • Robin Lough
  • Writer
    • Jean Racine
  • Stars
    • Portia Booroff
    • Chipo Chung
    • Dominic Cooper
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
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    • Directors
      • Nicholas Hytner
      • Robin Lough
    • Writer
      • Jean Racine
    • Stars
      • Portia Booroff
      • Chipo Chung
      • Dominic Cooper
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Portia Booroff
    Portia Booroff
    • Ensemble
    Chipo Chung
    Chipo Chung
    • Ismene
    Dominic Cooper
    Dominic Cooper
    • Hippolytus
    Alexander D'Andrea
    • Ensemble
    Helen Mirren
    Helen Mirren
    • Phèdre
    Wendy Morgan
    Wendy Morgan
    • Panope
    Ruth Negga
    Ruth Negga
    • Aricia
    Elizabeth Nestor
    • Ensemble
    John Shrapnel
    John Shrapnel
    • Théramène
    Stanley Townsend
    Stanley Townsend
    • Theseus
    Margaret Tyzack
    Margaret Tyzack
    • Oenone
    Tristram Wymark
    Tristram Wymark
    • Ensemble
    • Directors
      • Nicholas Hytner
      • Robin Lough
    • Writer
      • Jean Racine
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    • Trivia
      This is a stage production of a play, filmed and broadcast live to over seventy cinemas across the U.K. on June 25, 2009. The production was subsequently screened "as live" in over two hundred eighty cinemas around the world as part of the National Theatre's "NT Live" project, which will see many of their London stage productions broadcast live in cinemas.

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    • Release date
      • June 25, 2009 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • National Theatre Live: Phèdre
    • Production company
      • National Theatre
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $42,188
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    • Runtime
      • 2h 5m(125 min)
    • Color
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