Orpheus
Jean Cocteau1950-09-29
7.647
95 min
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.
Cast
| Name | Character | Team | |
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Jean Marais | Orphée | Unowned |
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François Périer | Heurtebise | Unowned |
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María Casares | Death | Unowned |
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Marie Déa | Eurydice | Unowned |
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Henri Crémieux | Editor | Unowned |
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Juliette Gréco | Aglaonice | Unowned |
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Roger Blin | The Poet | Unowned |
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Edouard Dermithe | Jacques Cégeste | Unowned |
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André Carnège | Judge | Unowned |
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René Worms | Judge | Unowned |
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Raymond Faure | Journalist | Unowned |
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Pierre Bertin | Commissioner | Unowned |
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Jacques Varennes | Judge | Unowned |
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Paul Amiot | Judge (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Philippe Bordier | Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Claude Borelli | Une bacchante (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Jean-Louis Brau | Young Man on the Terrace of the Flora (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Jean Cocteau | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Renée Cosima | Une bacchante (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Jacques Doniol-Valcroze | Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited) | Unowned |
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René Lacourt | Postman (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Julien Maffre | Police Officer (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Claude Mauriac | (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Jean-Pierre Melville | Hotel Manager (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Jean-Pierre Mocky | Band Leader (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Henri San Juan | Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Victor Tabournot | Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited) | Unowned |