Orpheus

Orphée

1950·95'

Jean Cocteau

DramaFantasyRomance

FR - French

Letterboxd TMDB #4558

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.

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