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