---
title: 'Mighty Aphrodite (1995)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Woody Allen'
released: '1995-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 95
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/mighty-aphrodite-1995'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113819/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Mighty Aphrodite (1995)

1995 · R · 95 min · Comedy · United States


## Synopsis

Mighty Aphrodite is a 1995 American comedy film written, directed by, and co-starring Woody Allen, alongside Mira Sorvino, Helena Bonham Carter, Michael Rapaport, and F. Murray Abraham. The screenplay was vaguely inspired by the story of Pygmalion and revolves around a sportswriter named Lenny Weinrib (Allen) and his search for his genius adopted son's biological mother, ultimately finding that she is a dim-witted prostitute named Linda Ash (Sorvino).

## Credits

- **Director:** [Woody Allen](https://cinepixo.com/people/woody-allen)
- **Screenplay:** [Woody Allen](https://cinepixo.com/people/woody-allen)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Dick Hyman](https://cinepixo.com/people/dick-hyman)
- **Producer:** [Robert Greenhut](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-greenhut)
- **Director of Photography:** [Carlo Di Palma](https://cinepixo.com/people/carlo-di-palma)
- **Editor:** [Susan E. Morse](https://cinepixo.com/people/susan-e-morse)

## Cast

- [Paul Giamatti](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-giamatti)
- [Paul Herman](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-herman)
- [J. Smith-Cameron](https://cinepixo.com/people/j-smith-cameron)
- [Tony Sirico](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-sirico)
- [Lisa Vidal](https://cinepixo.com/people/lisa-vidal)
- [Michael Rapaport](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-rapaport)
- [Woody Allen](https://cinepixo.com/people/woody-allen)
- [Donald Symington](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-symington)
- [F. Murray Abraham](https://cinepixo.com/people/f-murray-abraham)
- [David Ogden Stiers](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-ogden-stiers)
- [Jack Warden](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-warden)
- [Olympia Dukakis](https://cinepixo.com/people/olympia-dukakis)
- [Tony Darrow](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-darrow)
- [Peter Weller](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-weller)
- [Claire Bloom](https://cinepixo.com/people/claire-bloom)

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