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Testament of Orpheus
1960, Feb 18
1h 20m
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.
Directed by
Jean Cocteau
Written by
Jean Cocteau
Annette Stroyberg
A friend of Orphée (uncredited)
Brigitte Bardot
Self (uncredited)
Yul Brynner
Court Usher (uncredited)
Claudine Auger
Minerve
Daniel Gélin
The Intern (uncredited)
Michael Goodliffe
English Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Pablo Picasso
A friend of Orphée (uncredited)
Nicole Courcel
The Young Mother (uncredited)
Lucia Bosè
Orphée's Friend
François Périer
Heurtebise
Edouard Dermithe
Cégeste
Françoise Christophe
The Nurse (uncredited)
Françoise Arnoul
Self (uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Léaud
Dargelos, the schoolboy
Daniel Moosmann
2nd Man-Horse (uncredited)
Alice Sapritch
Gypsy (uncredited)
Charles Aznavour
The Curious Man
Jean Marais
Oedipe
María Casares
The Princess
Henri Crémieux
The Professor
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