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
Marie Déa
as Eurydice
André Carnège
as Judge
Jacques Varennes
as Judge
Philippe Bordier
as Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)
Renée Cosima
as Une bacchante (uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Melville
as Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Jean Marais
as Orphée
Juliette Gréco
as Aglaonice
Edouard Dermithe
as Jacques Cégeste
Paul Amiot
as Judge (uncredited)
Claude Borelli
as Une bacchante (uncredited)
René Lacourt
as Postman (uncredited)
Julien Maffre
as Police Officer (uncredited)
Henri Crémieux
as Editor
Roger Blin
as The Poet
Pierre Bertin
as Commissioner
Jean Cocteau
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Mocky
as Band Leader (uncredited)
François Périer
as Heurtebise
María Casares
as Death
Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
as Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)
