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