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Orpheus (1950)

Genre : Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Runtime : 1H 35M

Director : Jean Cocteau

Synopsis

At the Café des Poètes in Paris, a fight breaks out between the poet Orphée and a group of resentful upstarts. A rival poet, Cègeste, is killed, and a mysterious princess insists on taking Orpheus and the body away in her Rolls-Royce. Orphée soon finds himself in the underworld, where the Princess announces that she is, in fact, Death. Orpheus escapes in the car back to the land of the living, only to become obsessed with the car radio.

Actors

Jean Marais
Jean Marais
Orphée
François Périer
François Périer
Heurtebise
María Casares
María Casares
Death
Marie Déa
Marie Déa
Eurydice
Henri Crémieux
Henri Crémieux
Editor
Juliette Gréco
Juliette Gréco
Aglaonice
Roger Blin
Roger Blin
The Poet
Edouard Dermithe
Edouard Dermithe
Jacques Cégeste
André Carnège
André Carnège
Judge
René Worms
René Worms
Judge
Raymond Faure
Raymond Faure
Journalist
Pierre Bertin
Pierre Bertin
Commissioner
Jacques Varennes
Jacques Varennes
Judge
Paul Amiot
Paul Amiot
Judge (uncredited)
Philippe Bordier
Philippe Bordier
Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)
Claude Borelli
Claude Borelli
Une bacchante (uncredited)
Jean-Louis Brau
Jean-Louis Brau
Young Man on the Terrace of the Flora (uncredited)
Jean Cocteau
Jean Cocteau
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Renée Cosima
Renée Cosima
Une bacchante (uncredited)
Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)
René Lacourt
René Lacourt
Postman (uncredited)
Julien Maffre
Julien Maffre
Police Officer (uncredited)
Claude Mauriac
Claude Mauriac
(uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Melville
Jean-Pierre Melville
Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Mocky
Jean-Pierre Mocky
Band Leader (uncredited)
Henri San Juan
Henri San Juan
Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)
Victor Tabournot
Victor Tabournot
Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)

Crews

Jean Cocteau
Jean Cocteau
Director
Nicolas Hayer
Nicolas Hayer
Director of Photography
Georges Auric
Georges Auric
Original Music Composer
Jean Cocteau
Jean Cocteau
Writer
André Paulvé
André Paulvé
Executive Producer
Jacqueline Sadoul
Jacqueline Sadoul
Editor
Jean d'Eaubonne
Jean d'Eaubonne
Production Design
Albert Volper
Albert Volper
Art Direction
Marcel Escoffier
Marcel Escoffier
Costume Design
Alexandre Marcus
Alexandre Marcus
Makeup Artist
Émile Darbon
Émile Darbon
Production Manager
Jean-Marie Loutrel
Jean-Marie Loutrel
Unit Production Manager
Claude Pinoteau
Claude Pinoteau
Assistant Director
Pierre-Louis Calvet
Pierre-Louis Calvet
Sound

Trailers and other movies

Three Reasons: Orpheus
Orpheus 1949 Movie Trailer
New trailer for Orphée - back in cinemas 19 October | BFI

Posters and backgrounds

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