Orpheus (1950)
Romance • Fantasy • Drama • 1ч 35м
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.
TMDB rating:
7.6
(295)
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
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René Worms
Judge
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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)
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Jean-Louis Brau
Young Man on the Terrace of the Flora (uncredited)
Jean Cocteau
Narrator (voice) (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)
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Claude Mauriac
(uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Melville
Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Crew
Georges Auric
Original Music Composer
Nicolas Hayer
Director of Photography
Jean Cocteau
Director
Alexandre Marcus
Makeup Artist
Marcel Escoffier
Costume Design
Pierre-Louis Calvet
Sound
Claude Pinoteau
Assistant Director
Jean d'Eaubonne
Production Design
Jean Cocteau
Writer
Jacqueline Sadoul
Editor
André Paulvé
Executive Producer
Émile Darbon
Production Manager
Jean-Marie Loutrel
Unit Production Manager
Hélène Basté
Assistant Editor
Alfred Marpaux
Production Designer
Noël Martin
Camera Operator
Claude Pinoteau
Technical Advisor
Albert Volper
Set Decoration
Jacques Météhen
Conductor
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