Orpheus
Orphée
Release: 1950-09-29
·Runtime: 95m
·★ 7.7
Romance
Fantasy
Drama
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.
Production Countries
France
Production Companies
Films du Palais Royal
Andre Paulve Film
Trailers & Videos
Cast
María Casares
as Death
André Carnège
as Judge
Pierre Bertin
as Commissioner
Philippe Bordier
as Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)
René Lacourt
as Postman (uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Mocky
as Band Leader (uncredited)
Henri Crémieux
as Editor
Claude Borelli
as Une bacchante (uncredited)
Jean Cocteau
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
as Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)
Marie Déa
as Eurydice
Jacques Varennes
as Judge
Juliette Gréco
as Aglaonice
Roger Blin
as The Poet
Edouard Dermithe
as Jacques Cégeste
Paul Amiot
as Judge (uncredited)
Renée Cosima
as Une bacchante (uncredited)
Julien Maffre
as Police Officer (uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Melville
as Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Jean Marais
as Orphée
François Périer
as Heurtebise
