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Orpheus
1950, Sep 29
1h 35m
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
Roger Blin
The Poet
François Périer
Heurtebise
Jean Marais
Orphée
Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)
Henri Crémieux
Editor
Juliette Gréco
Aglaonice
María Casares
Death
Pierre Bertin
Commissioner
Renée Cosima
Une bacchante (uncredited)
Edouard Dermithe
Jacques Cégeste
Jacques Varennes
Judge
Paul Amiot
Judge (uncredited)
Marie Déa
Eurydice
Julien Maffre
Police Officer (uncredited)
René Lacourt
Postman (uncredited)
André Carnège
Judge
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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