Romance Fantasy Drama
A famous poet in postwar Paris, scorned by the Left Bank youth, is in love with both his wife Eurydice and a mysterious princess. Seeking inspiration, the poet becomes obsessed and follows the princess from the world of the living to the land of the dead.
Directed by
Jean Cocteau
Written by
Jean Cocteau
Jean Marais
Orphée
Juliette Gréco
Aglaonice
Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)
François Périer
Heurtebise
Marie Déa
Eurydice
Paul Amiot
Judge (uncredited)
María Casares
Death
Pierre Bertin
Commissioner
Roger Blin
The Poet
Henri Crémieux
Editor
André Carnège
Judge
Jacques Varennes
Judge
Edouard Dermithe
Jacques Cégeste
René Lacourt
Postman (uncredited)
Renée Cosima
Une bacchante (uncredited)
Claude Borelli
Une bacchante (uncredited)
Julien Maffre
Police Officer (uncredited)
Philippe Bordier
Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)
René Worms
Judge
Raymond Faure
Journalist
Jean-Louis Brau
Young Man on the Terrace of the Flora (uncredited)
Henri San Juan
Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)
Victor Tabournot
Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)

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