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Orpheus (1950)

Average Score: 7.654 (rated by 269 viewers)

Overview

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.

Genres

Romance, Fantasy

Additional info

CastReview
  • Jean Marais

    Orphée

  • François Périer

    Heurtebise

  • María Casares

    Death

  • Marie Déa

    Eurydice

  • Henri Crémieux

    Editor

  • Juliette Gréco

    Aglaonice

  • Roger Blin

    The Poet

  • Edouard Dermithe

    Jacques Cégeste

  • André Carnège

    Judge

  • René Worms

    Judge

  • Raymond Faure

    Journalist

  • Pierre Bertin

    Commissioner

  • Jacques Varennes

    Judge

  • Paul Amiot

    Judge (uncredited)

  • Philippe Bordier

    Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)

  • Claude Borelli

    Une bacchante (uncredited)

  • Jean-Louis Brau

    Young Man on the Terrace of the Flora (uncredited)

  • Jean Cocteau

    Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

  • Renée Cosima

    Une bacchante (uncredited)

  • Jacques Doniol-Valcroze

    Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)

  • René Lacourt

    Postman (uncredited)

  • Julien Maffre

    Police Officer (uncredited)

  • Claude Mauriac

    (uncredited)

  • Jean-Pierre Melville

    Hotel Manager (uncredited)

  • Jean-Pierre Mocky

    Band Leader (uncredited)

  • Henri San Juan

    Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)

  • Victor Tabournot

    Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)