Orpheus

Orpheus

Released on
Romance, Fantasy
Runtime
95 mins
(259 votes)

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.

Cast

  • Jean Marais
  • François Périer
  • María Casares
  • Marie Déa
  • Henri Crémieux
  • Juliette Gréco
  • Roger Blin
  • Edouard Dermithe
  • André Carnège
  • René Worms
  • Raymond Faure
  • Pierre Bertin
  • Jacques Varennes
  • Paul Amiot
  • Philippe Bordier
  • Claude Borelli
  • Jean-Louis Brau
  • Jean Cocteau
  • Renée Cosima
  • Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
  • René Lacourt
  • Julien Maffre
  • Claude Mauriac
  • Jean-Pierre Melville
  • Jean-Pierre Mocky
  • Henri San Juan
  • Victor Tabournot

Director

  • Jean Cocteau

Producers

    Screenwriter

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