Orpheus
Original title: Orphée
Director
Jean Cocteau
Screenplay
Jean Cocteau
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.
Release
Sep 29, 1950
Budget
—
Country
France
Revenue
—
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
Pierre Bertin
Commissioner
Philippe Bordier
Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)
Claude Borelli
Une bacchante (uncredited)
Renée Cosima
Une bacchante (uncredited)
Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)
René Lacourt
Postman (uncredited)
Julien Maffre
Police Officer (uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Melville
Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Mocky
Band Leader (uncredited)
Reviews
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7.6/10
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Trailer
Official trailer
Orpheus
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From the same director: Jean Cocteau
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