Romance Fantasy
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
María Casares
Death
Jean Marais
Orphée
François Périer
Heurtebise
Juliette Gréco
Aglaonice
Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)
Marie Déa
Eurydice
Pierre Bertin
Commissioner
Henri Crémieux
Editor
Roger Blin
The Poet
Jacques Varennes
Judge
André Carnège
Judge
Julien Maffre
Police Officer (uncredited)
Renée Cosima
Une bacchante (uncredited)
Paul Amiot
Judge (uncredited)
René Lacourt
Postman (uncredited)
Edouard Dermithe
Jacques Cégeste
Claude Borelli
Une bacchante (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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