Movie·1950·1h 35m
Orpheus
Country
France
Language
French
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// overview
The Story
Original title: Orphée
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.
Producer
André Paulvé
Cinematography
Nicolas Hayer
Music
Georges Auric
Editor
Jacqueline Sadoul
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
295 votes
// cast
Cast
Jean Marais
Orphée
François Périer
Heurtebise
María Casares
Death
Marie Déa
Eurydice
Henri Crémieux
Editor
Juliette Gréco
Aglaonice
Roger Blin
The Poet
Édouard Dermithe
Jacques Cégeste
André Carnège
Judge
René Worms
Judge
Raymond Faure
Journalist
Pierre Bertin
Commissioner
Jacques Varennes
Judge
Paul Amiot
Judge (uncredited)
Philippe Bordier
Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)
Claude Borelli
Une bacchante (uncredited)
Jean-Louis Brau
Young Man on the Terrace of the Flora (uncredited)
Jean Cocteau
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
// crew
Crew
Jean Cocteau
Director, Writer
Nicolas Hayer
Director of Photography
Georges Auric
Original Music Composer
André Paulvé
Executive Producer
Jacqueline Sadoul
Editor
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