Orpheus (1950)

Name: Orpheus
Genre: Romance, Fantasy, Drama
Released: 1950-09-29
Duration: 95 min
Cast: Jean Marais, François Périer, María Casares, Marie Déa, Henri Crémieux

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.

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Released 1950-09-29 · 95 min · Romance, Fantasy, Drama

Directed by Jean Cocteau

Part of The Orphic Trilogy

Cast

Jean Marais as Orphée
François Périer as Heurtebise
María Casares as Death
Marie Déa as Eurydice
Henri Crémieux as Editor
Juliette Gréco as Aglaonice
Roger Blin as The Poet
Édouard Dermithe as Jacques Cégeste
André Carnège as Judge
René Worms as Judge
Raymond Faure as Journalist
Pierre Bertin as Commissioner
Jacques Varennes as Judge
Paul Amiot as Judge (uncredited)
Philippe Bordier as Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)