Phaidros (2018)
Overview
Phaidros is based on Plato's eponymous dialogue and plays in an LBQT+ milieu of a present-day metropolis. The actor Emil is meant to embody the character of the poet Phaedrus in a battle of words with Werner Maria, who slips into the role of Socrates. When the borders between friendship and sexual initiation soon blur beyond the events on stage, too, the shrill, carnivalesque scenario turns into grotesque love triangles and quadrangles, which ultimately even cause a casualty.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | de |
| Popularity | 1.005 |
Directed By
Mara Mattuschka
Crew
Mara Mattuschka
Mara Mattuschka
Mara Mattuschka
Josef Nermuth
Roumen Dimitrov
TOP CAST
Julian Sharp
Emil Bach
Alexander E. Fennon
Werner Maria Strauss
Nicola Filippelli
Maurizio
May Teodosio
Lorelei
Tamara Mascara
Madame Oh
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