Orpheus (1950)
- Released
- Runtime 1h 35m
- Director Jean Cocteau
- Genres Drama Fantasy Romance
- Rating 7.6/10 (307 votes)
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.
Cast
-
Jean Marais
as Orphée
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François Périer
as Heurtebise
-
María Casares
as Death
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Marie Déa
as Eurydice
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Henri Crémieux
as Editor
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Juliette Gréco
as Aglaonice
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Roger Blin
as The Poet
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Édouard Dermithe
as Jacques Cégeste
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André Carnège
as Judge
- René Worms as Judge
- Raymond Faure as Journalist
-
Pierre Bertin
as Commissioner
-
Jacques Varennes
as Judge
-
Paul Amiot
as Judge (uncredited)
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Philippe Bordier
as Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)
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Claude Borelli
as Une bacchante (uncredited)
- Jean-Louis Brau as Young Man on the Terrace of the Flora (uncredited)
-
Jean Cocteau
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Crew
-
Jean Cocteau
Director
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Nicolas Hayer
Director of Photography
- Jacqueline Sadoul Editor
-
Georges Auric
Original Music Composer
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Jean Cocteau
Writer
