Black Orpheus

Black Orpheus (1959)

The film that introduced Bossa Nova to the world...

  • Genre: Drama, Romance
  • Release Date: 1959-06-12
  • User Rating: 7/10 from 208 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 40min
  • Language: Português
  • Production Company: Dispat Films
  • Production Country: Brazil, France, Italy
  • Director: Marcel Camus
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From 208 Ratings
7.4

Summary

Young lovers Orfeu and Eurydice run through the favelas of Rio during Carnaval, on the lam from a hitman dressed like Death and Orfeu's vengeful fiancée Mira and passing between moments of fantasy and stark reality. This impressionistic retelling of the Greek legend of Orpheus and Eurydice introduced bossa nova to the world with its soundtrack by young Brazilian composers Luiz Bonfá and Antonio Carlos Jobim.

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  • Breno Mello

    as Orfeo
  • Marpessa Dawn

    as Eurydice
  • Lourdes de Oliveira

    as Mira
  • Léa Garcia

    as Serafina
  • Adhemar Ferreira da Silva

    as Death
  • Waldetar De Souza

    as Chico
  • Alexandre Constantino

    as Hermes
  • Jorge Dos Santos

    as Benedito
  • Aurino Cassiano

    as Zeca
  • Maria Alice

    as Little Girl
  • Marcel Camus

    as Ernesto
  • Fausto Guerzoni

    as Fausto
  • Thereza Santos

    as
  • Zeni Pereira

    as
  • Elizeth Cardoso

    as
  • Cartola

    as
  • Dona Zica

    as
Directing Marcel Camus Director
Sound Luiz Bonfá Original Music Composer
Production Sacha Gordine Producer
Sound Antônio Carlos Jobim Original Music Composer
Editing Andrée Feix Editor
Writing Vinicius de Moraes Theatre Play
Writing Marcel Camus Dialogue
Production Victor Kerdoncuff Publicist
Costume & Make-Up Isabel Pons Costume Design
Crew Dyna Moscovici Script
Writing Jacques Viot Adaptation
Writing Marcel Camus Adaptation
Directing Robert Mazoyer First Assistant Director
Camera Geter Kosta Assistant Camera
Production Bartholomeu De Andrade Production Assistant
Writing Jacques Viot Dialogue
Editing Geneviève Winding Assistant Editor
Production Jacques Gibault Production Manager
Sound Amaury Leenhardt Sound
Camera Jean Bourgoin Director of Photography
Camera Louis Stein Camera Operator
Camera Geraldo Gabriel Assistant Camera
Costume & Make-Up Ded. Bourbonnais Costumer
Production Roger Blache Line Producer
Camera René Persin Camera Operator
Sound Jean Nény Sound Mixer
Production Silvio Autuori Line Producer
Costume & Make-Up Ketty-Hélène Costumer
Writing Jacques Viot Screenplay
Art Pierre Guffroy Production Design

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