Le Testament d'Orphée
Le Testament d'Orphée
Release: 1960-02-18
·Runtime: 81m
·★ 7.7
Fantastique
Frappé par une balle, le poète Jean Cocteau se retrouve projeté dans le temps. Tandis qu'il tente désespérément de regagner son époque, il a l'étrange surprise de rencontrer ses propres créations : Cégeste, le poète jeune, la Princesse et Heurtebise. Ces deux derniers s'érigent en juges face à leur créateur, contraignant Cocteau à plaider sa cause, en vain. Le voilà condamné à vivre, pour crime d'innocence. Muni d'un talisman, le poète explore la « zone intermédiaire » où vivent les symboles et les divinités diverses qui hantent son œuvre. Il arrive ensuite au palais de Pallas-Athéna — la déesse de la raison — qui habite dans un univers en ruines…
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Cast
Roger Vadim
as Self (uncredited)
María Casares
as The Princess
Henri Crémieux
as The Professor
Lucia Bosè
as Orphée's Friend
Yul Brynner
as Court Usher (uncredited)
Michael Goodliffe
as English Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Léaud
as Dargelos, the schoolboy
Françoise Sagan
as A friend of Orphée (uncredited)
Jean Marais
as Oedipe
Nicole Courcel
as The Young Mother (uncredited)
Alice Sapritch
as Gypsy (uncredited)
Annette Stroyberg
as A friend of Orphée (uncredited)
Jean Cocteau
as The Poet
Edouard Dermithe
as Cégeste
François Périer
as Heurtebise
Claudine Auger
as Minerve
Françoise Arnoul
as Self (uncredited)
Charles Aznavour
as The Curious Man
Pablo Picasso
as A friend of Orphée (uncredited)
Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte
as Gypsy (uncredited)
Brigitte Bardot
as Self (uncredited)
Daniel Gélin
as The Intern (uncredited)
Françoise Christophe
as The Nurse (uncredited)
Daniel Moosmann
as 2nd Man-Horse (uncredited)
