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Testament of Orpheus
1960, Feb 18
1h 20m
Outside time and reality, the experiences of a poet. The judgement of the young poet by Heurtebise and the Princess, the Gypsies, the palace of Pallas Athena, the spear of the Goddess which pierces the poet's heart, the temptation of the Sphinx, the flight of Oedipus and the final Assumption.
Directed by
Jean Cocteau
Written by
Jean Cocteau
Yul Brynner
Court Usher (uncredited)
Claudine Auger
Minerve
Jean Marais
Oedipe
Brigitte Bardot
Self (uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Léaud
Dargelos, the schoolboy
Michael Goodliffe
English Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Daniel Gélin
The Intern (uncredited)
Charles Aznavour
The Curious Man
François Périer
Heurtebise
María Casares
The Princess
Pablo Picasso
A friend of Orphée (uncredited)
Alice Sapritch
Gypsy (uncredited)
Henri Crémieux
The Professor
Nicole Courcel
The Young Mother (uncredited)
Annette Stroyberg
A friend of Orphée (uncredited)
Françoise Arnoul
Self (uncredited)
Lucia Bosè
Orphée's Friend
Françoise Christophe
The Nurse (uncredited)
Daniel Moosmann
2nd Man-Horse (uncredited)
Edouard Dermithe
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