Orpheus (1950)

Directed by Jean Cocteau1h 35mRomance,Fantasy,Drama

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.

Rated
NR
Year
1950
Country
FR
Language
French
Release date
29 September 1950
TMDB
7.6 (308)
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Jean Marais
Jean Marais
Orphée
François Périer
François Périer
Heurtebise
María Casares
María Casares
Death
Marie Déa
Marie Déa
Eurydice
Henri Crémieux
Henri Crémieux
Editor
Juliette Gréco
Juliette Gréco
Aglaonice
Roger Blin
Roger Blin
The Poet
Édouard Dermithe
Édouard Dermithe
Jacques Cégeste
André Carnège
André Carnège
Judge
R
René Worms
Judge
R
Raymond Faure
Journalist
Pierre Bertin
Pierre Bertin
Commissioner
Jacques Varennes
Jacques Varennes
Judge
Paul Amiot
Paul Amiot
Judge (uncredited)
Philippe Bordier
Philippe Bordier
Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)
Claude Borelli
Claude Borelli
Une bacchante (uncredited)
J
Jean-Louis Brau
Young Man on the Terrace of the Flora (uncredited)
Jean Cocteau
Jean Cocteau
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Renée Cosima
Renée Cosima
Une bacchante (uncredited)
Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)
René Lacourt
René Lacourt
Postman (uncredited)
Julien Maffre
Julien Maffre
Police Officer (uncredited)
C
Claude Mauriac
(uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Melville
Jean-Pierre Melville
Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Mocky
Jean-Pierre Mocky
Band Leader (uncredited)
H
Henri San Juan
Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)
V
Victor Tabournot
Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)

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