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Orpheus

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Calorie Rating: 157
Released: 1950-09-29
MPAA Rating: NR
Running Time: 112 Minutes
Studios: Films du Palais Royal, Andre Paulve Film,


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.

Director / Directors

Claude Pinoteau
Assistant Director


Cast

Jean Marais
Character: Orphée
François Périer
Character: Heurtebise
María Casares
Character: Death

Marie Déa
Character: Eurydice
Henri Crémieux
Character: Editor
Juliette Gréco
Character: Aglaonice

Roger Blin
Character: The Poet
Edouard Dermithe
Character: Jacques Cégeste
André Carnège
Character: Judge

René Worms
Character: Judge
Raymond Faure
Character: Journalist
Pierre Bertin
Character: Commissioner

Jacques Varennes
Character: Judge
Paul Amiot
Character: Judge (uncredited)
Philippe Bordier
Character: Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)

Claude Borelli
Character: Une bacchante (uncredited)
Jean-Louis Brau
Character: Young Man on the Terrace of the Flora (uncredited)
Jean Cocteau
Character: Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Renée Cosima
Character: Une bacchante (uncredited)
Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
Character: Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)
René Lacourt
Character: Postman (uncredited)

Julien Maffre
Character: Police Officer (uncredited)
Claude Mauriac
Character: (uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Melville
Character: Hotel Manager (uncredited)

Jean-Pierre Mocky
Character: Band Leader (uncredited)
Henri San Juan
Character: Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)
Victor Tabournot
Character: Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)


Production and Crew

Georges Auric
Original Music Composer
Nicolas Hayer
Director of Photography

Émile Darbon
Production Manager
Jean d'Eaubonne
Production Design

Marcel Escoffier
Costume Design
André Paulvé
Executive Producer

Alexandre Marcus
Makeup Artist
Jean-Marie Loutrel
Unit Production Manager
Hélène Basté
Assistant Editor

Alfred Marpaux
Production Designer
Noël Martin
Camera Operator

Claude Pinoteau
Technical Advisor
Albert Volper
Set Decoration