Orpheus
7.644 / 10
Français / 95 min. / 1950-09-29
Storyline:
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.
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
Edouard 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)
Claude Borelli
as Une bacchante (uncredited)
Jean-Louis Brau
as Young Man on the Terrace of the Flora (uncredited)
Jean Cocteau
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Renée Cosima
as Une bacchante (uncredited)
Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
as Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)
René Lacourt
as Postman (uncredited)
Julien Maffre
as Police Officer (uncredited)
Claude Mauriac
as (uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Melville
as Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Mocky
as Band Leader (uncredited)
Henri San Juan
as Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)
Victor Tabournot
as Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)