Orpheus
275 reviews
Romance/Fantasy
1h 35m
1950
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...
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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.
- DirectorJean Cocteau
- Release29 September 1950
- Genre
- Duration1h 35m
- Budget?
- Revenue?
- Rate275 reviews
- Productions
Films du Palais Royal, Andre Paulve Film
Cast

Jean Marais
Orphée

François Périer
Heurtebise

María Casares
Death

Marie Déa
Eurydice

Henri Crémieux
Editor

Juliette Gréco
Aglaonice

Roger Blin
The Poet

Edouard Dermithe
Jacques Cégeste

André Carnège
Judge

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 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)

Jean-Pierre Melville
Hotel Manager (uncredited)

Jean-Pierre Mocky
Band Leader (uncredited)
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