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
François Périer
Heurtebise
Pierre Bertin
Commissioner
Juliette Gréco
Aglaonice
Paul Amiot
Judge (uncredited)
Marie Déa
Eurydice
Roger Blin
The Poet
Julien Maffre
Police Officer (uncredited)
Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)
Henri Crémieux
Editor
Édouard Dermithe
Jacques Cégeste
Renée Cosima
Une bacchante (uncredited)
María Casares
Death
Jacques Varennes
Judge
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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