Orpheus

Orpheus

1950 fr 95 minutes

Rating: 7.7

Plot

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.

Trailer

Cast

Jean Marais

Jean Marais

Orphée

François Périer

François Périer

Heurtebise

María Casares

María Casares

Death

Marie Déa

Marie Déa

Eurydice

Henri Crémieux

Henri Crémieux

Editor

Juliette Gréco

Juliette Gréco

Aglaonice

Roger Blin

Roger Blin

The Poet

Edouard Dermithe

Edouard Dermithe

Jacques Cégeste

André Carnège

André Carnège

Judge

René Worms

René Worms

Judge

Raymond Faure

Raymond Faure

Journalist

Pierre Bertin

Pierre Bertin

Commissioner

Jacques Varennes

Jacques Varennes

Judge

Paul Amiot

Paul Amiot

Judge (uncredited)

Philippe Bordier

Philippe Bordier

Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)

Claude Borelli

Claude Borelli

Une bacchante (uncredited)

Jean-Louis Brau

Jean-Louis Brau

Young Man on the Terrace of the Flora (uncredited)

Jean Cocteau

Jean Cocteau

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Renée Cosima

Renée Cosima

Une bacchante (uncredited)

Jacques Doniol-Valcroze

Jacques Doniol-Valcroze

Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)

René Lacourt

René Lacourt

Postman (uncredited)

Julien Maffre

Julien Maffre

Police Officer (uncredited)

Claude Mauriac

Claude Mauriac

(uncredited)

Jean-Pierre Melville

Jean-Pierre Melville

Hotel Manager (uncredited)

Jean-Pierre Mocky

Jean-Pierre Mocky

Band Leader (uncredited)

Henri San Juan

Henri San Juan

Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)

Victor Tabournot

Victor Tabournot

Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)

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