Testament of Orpheus
Jean Cocteau1960-02-18
7.7
80 min
Outside time and reality, the experiences of a poet. The judgement of the young poet by Heurtebise and the Princess, the Gypsies, the palace of Pallas Athena, the spear of the Goddess which pierces the poet's heart, the temptation of the Sphinx, the flight of Oedipus and the final Assumption.
Cast
| Name | Character | Team | |
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Jean Cocteau | The Poet | Unowned |
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Edouard Dermithe | Cégeste | Unowned |
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Henri Crémieux | The Professor | Unowned |
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François Périer | Heurtebise | Unowned |
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Claudine Auger | Minerve | Unowned |
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Françoise Arnoul | Self (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Lucia Bosè | Orphée's Friend | Unowned |
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Charles Aznavour | The Curious Man | Unowned |
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Brigitte Bardot | Self (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Jean Marais | Oedipe | Unowned |
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Daniel Gélin | The Intern (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Françoise Christophe | The Nurse (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Nicole Courcel | The Young Mother (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Daniel Moosmann | 2nd Man-Horse (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Yul Brynner | Court Usher (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Pablo Picasso | A friend of Orphée (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Michael Goodliffe | English Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Jean-Pierre Léaud | Dargelos, the schoolboy | Unowned |
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Alice Sapritch | Gypsy (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Roger Vadim | Self (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Françoise Sagan | A friend of Orphée (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Annette Stroyberg | A friend of Orphée (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte | Gypsy (uncredited) | Unowned |
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María Casares | The Princess | Unowned |