Orpheus
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
Languages
French
Status
Released
Who's In It
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
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)
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