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Testament of Orpheus

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Calorie Rating: 112
Released: 1960-02-18
Running Time: 80 Minutes
Studios: Les Editions Cinégraphiques, Cinédis,


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. This film is the third part of Cocteau's Orphic Trilogy, which consists of The Blood of a Poet (1930), Orpheus (1950) and Testament of Orpheus (1960).

Director / Directors



Cast

Jean Cocteau
Character: The Poet
Edouard Dermithe
Character: Cégeste
Henri Crémieux
Character: The Professor

François Périer
Character: Heurtebise
Claudine Auger
Character: Minerve
Françoise Arnoul
Character: Self (uncredited)

Lucía Bosè
Character: Orphée's Friend
Charles Aznavour
Character: The Curious Man
Brigitte Bardot
Character: Self (uncredited)

Jean Marais
Character: Oedipe
Daniel Gélin
Character: The Intern (uncredited)
Françoise Christophe
Character: The Nurse (uncredited)

Nicole Courcel
Character: The Young Mother (uncredited)
Daniel Moosmann
Character: 2nd Man-Horse (uncredited)
Yul Brynner
Character: Court Usher (uncredited)

Pablo Picasso
Character: A friend of Orphée (uncredited)
Michael Goodliffe
Character: English Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Léaud
Character: Dargelos, the schoolboy

Alice Sapritch
Character: Gypsy (uncredited)
Roger Vadim
Character: Self (uncredited)
Françoise Sagan
Character: A friend of Orphée (uncredited)

Annette Stroyberg
Character: A friend of Orphée (uncredited)
Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte
Character: Gypsy (uncredited)
María Casares
Character: The Princess


Production and Crew


Janine Janet
Costume Design
Irénée Leriche
Production Manager
Michel Mombailly
Unit Manager

François Truffaut
Associate Producer
Roland Pontoizeau
Director of Photography

Alexandre Marcus
Makeup Artist
Pierre Guffroy
Production Design

Balenciaga
Costume Designer