Testament of Orpheus
Le Testament d'Orphée
Release: 1960-02-18
·Runtime: 80m
·★ 7.7
Fantasy
An 18th century poet travels through time in search of divine wisdom. In a mysterious wasteland, he has a series of enigmatic encounters with symbolic phantoms with whom he muses about the nature of art and his own career. Ultimately, the poet strives to achieve his rebirth as a celestial being.
Production Countries
France
Production Companies
Les Editions Cinégraphiques
Cinédis
Cast
Jean Cocteau
as The Poet
Edouard Dermithe
as Cégeste
Henri Crémieux
as The Professor
François Périer
as Heurtebise
Claudine Auger
as Minerve
Françoise Arnoul
as Self (uncredited)
Lucia Bosè
as Orphée's Friend
Charles Aznavour
as The Curious Man
Brigitte Bardot
as Self (uncredited)
Jean Marais
as Oedipe
Daniel Gélin
as The Intern (uncredited)
Françoise Christophe
as The Nurse (uncredited)
Nicole Courcel
as The Young Mother (uncredited)
Daniel Moosmann
as 2nd Man-Horse (uncredited)
Yul Brynner
as Court Usher (uncredited)
Pablo Picasso
as A friend of Orphée (uncredited)
Michael Goodliffe
as English Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Léaud
as Dargelos, the schoolboy
Alice Sapritch
as Gypsy (uncredited)
Roger Vadim
as Self (uncredited)
Françoise Sagan
as A friend of Orphée (uncredited)
Annette Stroyberg
as A friend of Orphée (uncredited)
Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte
as Gypsy (uncredited)
María Casares
as The Princess
