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Orpheus
7.7(311)19501h 35m
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.
- Director
- Jean Cocteau
- Created by
- André Paulvé
- Writers
- Jean Cocteau
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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
René Worms
Judge
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)
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)
Claude Mauriac
(uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Melville
Hotel Manager (uncredited)
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Crew
Directing
- Jean CocteauDirector
- Claude PinoteauAssistant Director
Writing
- Jean CocteauWriter
Production
- André PaulvéExecutive Producer
- Émile DarbonProduction Manager
- Jean-Marie LoutrelUnit Production Manager
- Alfred MarpauxProduction Designer
Camera
- Nicolas HayerDirector of Photography
- Noël MartinCamera Operator
Editing
- Jacqueline SadoulEditor
- Hélène BastéAssistant Editor
Sound
- Georges AuricOriginal Music Composer
- Pierre-Louis CalvetSound
- Jacques MétéhenConductor
Art
- Jean d'EaubonneProduction Design
- Albert VolperSet Decoration
Costume & Make-Up
- Marcel EscoffierCostume Design
- Alexandre MarcusMakeup Artist
Crew
- Claude PinoteauTechnical Advisor