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