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