Orpheus
Original title: Orphée
NOTE
7.6/10
(265)
9/29/1950
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1h 35min
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Romance
Fantasy
Synopsis
A famous poet in postwar Paris, scorned by the Left Bank youth, is in love with both his wife Eurydice and a mysterious princess. Seeking inspiration, the poet becomes obsessed and follows the princess from the world of the living to the land of the dead.
Direction: Jean Cocteau
Screenwriter: Jean Cocteau
Cast
Jean Marais
Orphée
François Périer
Heurtebise
María Casares
Death
Marie Déa
Eurydice
Henri Crémieux
Editor
Juliette Gréco
Aglaonice
Roger Blin
The Poet
Edouard Dermithe
Jacques Cégeste
André Carnège
Judge
Pierre Bertin
Commissioner
