Melina Mercouri
Ilya
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Beautiful and corrupt, sociable and sensitive, Ilya, an independent, happy-go-lucky streetwalker in the bustling Port of Piraeus, is the talk of the town. Intrigued by her character, the love-smitten American intellectual and amateur philosopher, Homer Thrace, sets his sights on becoming Ilya's Pygmalion, and in the process, attempt to explain ...
Never on Sunday. Free spirit and prostitute Ilya (Melina Mercouri) lives in a Greek port city. Open and amiable, she makes friends often and easily. She encounters Homer Thrace (Jules...
Never on Sunday (1960) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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 ...
Feb 28, 2009 · The original trailer for the film "Never On Sunday," directed by Jules Dassin ("Rififi") and starring Oscar-winning actress Melina Mercouri.
Overview. An American scholar in Greece sets about improving the prostitute with whom he is infatuated. Jules Dassin. Director, Writer.
Free spirit and prostitute Ilya (Melina Mercouri) lives in a Greek port city. Open and amiable, she makes friends often and easily. She encounters Homer Thrace (Jules Dassin), a vacationing American who is obsessed with ancient Greek culture. Homer feels that modern Greece is a shadow of its former self, and he believes that Ilya is a prime example of contemporary decadence. He makes it his ...
