Movie
Orpheus (1950)
Romance · Fantasy · Drama
Story
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: Jean Cocteau Starring: Jean Marais, François Périer, María Casares, Marie Déa
Orpheus Cast
- Jean Marais as Orphée
- François Périer as Heurtebise
- María Casares as Death
- Marie Déa as Eurydice
- Henri Crémieux as Editor
- Juliette Gréco as Aglaonice
- Roger Blin as The Poet
- Édouard Dermithe as Jacques Cégeste
- André Carnège as Judge
- René Worms as Judge
- Raymond Faure as Journalist
- Pierre Bertin as Commissioner