Orpheus
Romance | Fantasy
7.6
Release Date
September 29, 1950
Duration
95 min
Status
Released
Language
fr
Overview
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.
Casts
Orphée
Jean Marais
Heurtebise
François Périer
Death
María Casares
Eurydice
Marie Déa
Editor
Henri Crémieux
Aglaonice
Juliette Gréco
The Poet
Roger Blin
Jacques Cégeste
Edouard Dermithe
Judge
André Carnège
Judge
René Worms
Journalist
Raymond Faure
Commissioner
Pierre Bertin
Judge
Jacques Varennes
Judge (uncredited)
Paul Amiot
Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)
Philippe Bordier
Une bacchante (uncredited)
Claude Borelli
Young Man on the Terrace of the Flora (uncredited)
Jean-Louis Brau
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Jean Cocteau
Une bacchante (uncredited)
Renée Cosima
Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)
Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
Postman (uncredited)
René Lacourt
Police Officer (uncredited)
Julien Maffre
(uncredited)
Claude Mauriac
Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Melville
Band Leader (uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Mocky
Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)
Henri San Juan
Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)
Victor Tabournot
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