Testament of Orpheus
Jean Cocteau1960-02-18
7.7
80 min
An 18th century poet travels through time in search of divine wisdom. In a mysterious wasteland, he has a series of enigmatic encounters with symbolic phantoms with whom he muses about the nature of art and his own career. Ultimately, the poet strives to achieve his rebirth as a celestial being.
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 |