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Orpheus

(1950)

September 29, 1950 1h 35m
76%
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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.

Jean Cocteau

Director

Top Billed Cast

JM

Jean Marais

Orphée

FP

François Périer

Heurtebise

MC

María Casares

Death

MD

Marie Déa

Eurydice

HC

Henri Crémieux

Editor

JG

Juliette Gréco

Aglaonice

RB

Roger Blin

The Poet

ÉD

Édouard Dermithe

Jacques Cégeste

AC

André Carnège

Judge

RW

René Worms

Judge

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