Melina Mercouri
Ilya
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Never on Sunday (Greek: Ποτέ την Κυριακή, Poté tin Kyriakí) is a 1960 Greek romantic comedy film starring, written by and directed by Jules Dassin. The film tells the story of Ilya, a contented Greek prostitute ( Melina Mercouri ), and Homer (Dassin), an earnest American classicist.
An American scholar tries to reform a streetwalker in Piraeus, Greece, in this Oscar-winning film with Melina Mercouri and Jules Dassin. See cast, crew, reviews, trivia, soundtrack and more on IMDb.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Jules Dassin
- 1960-10-01
Jun 27, 2021 · Greek romantic comedy film, written by, directed by, and starring Jules Dassin and Melina Mercouri. Beautiful and corrupt, sociable and sensitive, Ilya (Melina Mercouri), an independent,...
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- GREEK CINEMA
A romantic comedy about a prostitute and a philosopher in Greece. Homer Thrace tries to reform Ilya, a free-spirited woman who loves life and music, but she has a suitor of her own.
Feb 28, 2009 · 222K views 15 years ago. The original trailer for the film "Never On Sunday," directed by Jules Dassin ("Rififi") and starring Oscar-winning actress Melina Mercouri. ...more.
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Never on Sunday. Watch Never on Sunday with a subscription on Prime Video. Free spirit and prostitute Ilya (Melina Mercouri) lives in a Greek port city. Open and amiable, she makes...
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Nov 23, 2005 · Wanting to boost both his own career and hers, he set out to create a vehicle for her that would capture the international market. The result was Never on Sunday, the comic romance of an American tourist (Dassin) who sets out to reform a small-town prostitute (Mercouri) only to make her miserable. In an effort to assure the film's U.S. success ...
