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Jules Dassin
Writer 1911 - 2008

Jules Dassin

Middletown, Connecticut, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Julius "Jules" Dassin (December 18, 1911 – March 31, 2008) was an American film director, producer, writer and actor. He was a subject of the Hollywood blacklist in the McCarthy era, and subsequently moved to France, where he revived his... Read full bio →

Filmography

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6 titles
Uptight

Uptight

Jules Dassin 1968 1h 44m

Black militants building up an arsenal of weapons in preparation for a race war are betrayed by one of their own.

10:30 P.M. Summer

10:30 P.M. Summer

Jules Dassin 1966 1h 25m

A female traveling companion seduces a married man and his alcoholic wife.

Phaedra

Phaedra

Jules Dassin 1962 1h 56m 6.0

A retelling of the Greek myth of Phaedra. In modern Greece, Alexis's father, an extremely wealthy shipping magnate, marries the younger, fiery Phaedra. When Alexis meets his stepmother, sparks fly and the two begin an affair. What will the Fates bring this family? Alexis's roadster and the music of Bach figure in the conclusion.

Pote tin Kyriaki

Pote tin Kyriaki

Jules Dassin 1960 1h 31m 7.0

An American intellectual tries to reform a happy Greek prostitute.

La legge

La legge

Jules Dassin 1959 1h 50m

The moral standards of a small Italian village fall to decay.

Celui qui doit mourir

Celui qui doit mourir

Jules Dassin 1957 2h 8m

Greece, in the 1920s, is occupied by the Turks. The country is in turmoil with entire villages uprooted. The site of the movie is a Greek village that conducts a passion play each year. The leading citizens of the town, under the auspices of the Patriarch, choose those that will play the parts in the Passion.

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