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Orpheus in the Underworld

Orpheus in der Unterwelt

Release: 1974-02-07 ·Runtime: 88m ·★ 6.0
Comedy Drama Fantasy Music

This musical comedy based on an opera by Jacques Offenbach incorporates a twist on the classic Greek myth: Orpheus, a music teacher at a girls’ school in the ancient Greek city of Thebes, actually does not miss his wife Eurydice that much – until the gods and Offenbach himself pressure him to retrieve her from Hades.

Production Countries

East Germany Germany

Production Companies

DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme

Cast

Dorit Gäbler Dorit Gäbler as Eurydike Rolf Hoppe Rolf Hoppe as Jupiter Wolfgang Greese Wolfgang Greese as Orpheus Gerry Wolff Gerry Wolff as Jacques Mona Boxberger Mona Boxberger as Cupido Fred Düren Fred Düren as Styx Helga Piur Helga Piur as Diana Fred Delmare Fred Delmare as Merkur Gisela Bestehorn Gisela Bestehorn as Venus Werner Senftleben Werner Senftleben as Mars

Crew

Jacques Offenbach Jacques Offenbach Original Music Composer