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Black Orpheus

Orfeu Negro

Release: 1959-06-12 ·Runtime: 100m ·★ 7.0
Drama Romance

Young lovers Orfeu and Eurydice run through the favelas of Rio during Carnaval, on the lam from a hitman dressed like Death and Orfeu's vengeful fiancée Mira and passing between moments of fantasy and stark reality. This impressionistic retelling of the Greek legend of Orpheus and Eurydice introduced bossa nova to the world with its soundtrack by young Brazilian composers Luiz Bonfá and Antonio Carlos Jobim.

Production Countries

Brazil France Italy

Production Companies

Dispat Films
Gemma
Tupan Filmes

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Cast

Zeni Pereira Zeni Pereira Cartola Cartola Dona Zica Dona Zica Breno Mello Breno Mello as Orfeo Fausto Guerzoni Fausto Guerzoni as Fausto Marpessa Dawn Marpessa Dawn as Eurydice Adhemar Ferreira da Silva Adhemar Ferreira da Silva as Death Marcel Camus Marcel Camus as Ernesto Elizeth Cardoso Elizeth Cardoso Lourdes de Oliveira Lourdes de Oliveira as Mira Léa Garcia Léa Garcia as Serafina Alexandre Constantino Alexandre Constantino as Hermes

Crew

Pierre Guffroy Pierre Guffroy Production Design Vinicius de Moraes Vinicius de Moraes Theatre Play Marcel Camus Marcel Camus Director, Adaptation, Dialogue Andrée Feix Andrée Feix Editor Antônio Carlos Jobim Antônio Carlos Jobim Original Music Composer