Orpheus

Orpheus (1950)

Genre: Romance, Fantasy, Drama
Release Date: 1950-09-29
User Rating: 7.6/10 from 257 ratings
Runtime: 1h 35min
Language: Français
Production Company: Films du Palais Royal
Production Country: France
Director: Jean Cocteau

7.6/10

From 257 Ratings

7.9

Summary

A poet in love with Death follows his unhappy wife into the underworld.

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Cast
Crew

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)

Sound	Georges Auric	Original Music Composer
Directing	Jean Cocteau	Director
Camera	Nicolas Hayer	Director of Photography
Editing	Jacqueline Sadoul	Editor
Sound	Pierre-Louis Calvet	Sound
Production	Émile Darbon	Production Manager
Art	Jean d'Eaubonne	Production Design
Directing	Claude Pinoteau	Assistant Director
Writing	Jean Cocteau	Writer
Costume & Make-Up	Marcel Escoffier	Costume Design
Production	André Paulvé	Executive Producer
Costume & Make-Up	Alexandre Marcus	Makeup Artist
Art	Albert Volper	Art Direction
Production	Jean-Marie Loutrel	Unit Production Manager
Editing	Hélène Basté	Assistant Editor
Production	Alfred Marpaux	Production Designer
Camera	Noël Martin	Camera Operator
Sound	Jacques Météhen	Conductor
Crew	Claude Pinoteau	Technical Advisor