The Blood of a Poet (1932)

Name: The Blood of a Poet
Genre: Fantasy
Released: 1932-01-20
Duration: 55 min
Cast: Enrique Rivero, Elizabeth Lee Miller, Pauline Carton, Odette Talazac, Jean Desbordes

In a poet’s room, an armless statue abruptly comes to life. It invites the poet to step through a mirror and to discover another world. Strange places and characters present themselves to him. The poet tears himself away from these twisted fascinations and returns, with some difficulty, to his room.

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Released 1932-01-20 · 55 min · Fantasy

Directed by Jean Cocteau

Part of The Orphic Trilogy

Cast

Enrique Rivero as Poet
Elizabeth Lee Miller as Statue
Pauline Carton as The child trainer
Odette Talazac
Jean Desbordes as Louis XV Friend
Fernand Dichamps
Lucien Jager as A spectator in a box
Féral Benga as Black Angel
Barbette as A spectator
Jean Cocteau as Bit Part (uncredited)