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Orpheus (1950)

Original Title: Orphée

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7.8 (15k)
1h 52min
Orpheus

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Synopsis

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.

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Cast

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)

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