Directed by:
Jean CocteauScreenplay:
Jean CocteauCinematography:
Nicolas HayerComposer:
Georges AuricCast:
Jean Marais, François Périer, María Casares, Marie Déa, Juliette Gréco, Roger Blin, Jean Cocteau, Jean-Pierre Melville, Jean-Pierre Mocky, Pierre Bertin (more)Plots(1)
Poet, playwright, artist and filmmaker, Jean Cocteau was one of the most significant artists of the twentieth century and Orphée his finest work of cinema. This magical retelling of the Orpheus myth turns the lyre-playing singer of Greek Legend into a famous left-bank poet in post-war Paris. Fallen out of favour and lost for poetic inspiration, Orphée becomes obsessed with a mysterious black-clad princess who first claims the life of a rival poet, and then Eurydice, his wife. With its unforgettable imagery the dissolving mirror through which characters pass into the next world, the leather-clad, death-dealing motorcyclists, and Cocteau's magical special effects, Orphée is a work of haunting beauty that follows the poetic logic of dream. (British Film Institute (BFI))
(more)Cast
Jean Marais
France
Best movies:
Fantomas (1964)
The Count of Monte Cristo (1954)
Fantomas Strikes Back (1965)
François Périer
France
Best movies:
The Creation of the World (1957)
No Time for Breakfast (1976)
The Organiser (1963)
María Casares
Spain
Best movies:
Les Enfants du Paradis (1945)
Orpheus (1950)
The Charterhouse of Parma (1948)
Marie Déa
France
Best movies:
Le Glaive et la balance (1963)
Orpheus (1950)
The Hurried Man (1977)
Juliette Gréco
France
Best movies:
Orpheus (1950)
Bonjour tristesse (1958)
Without Leaving an Address (1951)
Roger Blin
France
Best movies:
Le Corbeau (1943)
Orpheus (1950)
The King and the Mockingbird (1980)
Jean Cocteau
France
Best movies:
Orpheus (1950)
The Testament of Orpheus (1960)
La Belle et la Bête (1946)
Jean-Pierre Melville
France
Best movies:
Breathless (1960)
Orpheus (1950)
Bluebeard (1963)
Jean-Pierre Mocky
France
Best movies:
Order of the Daisy (1967)
The Count of Monte Cristo (1954)
Orpheus (1950)
Pierre Bertin
France
Best movies:
The Carmelites (1960)
Don't Look Now: We're Being Shot At (1966)
Le Corbeau (1943)
Renée Cosima
France
Best movies:
Orpheus (1950)
Les Enfants Terribles (1950)
Henri Crémieux
France
Best movies:
Le Glaive et la balance (1963)
Jean-Marc ou La vie conjugale (1963)
Orpheus (1950)
Henri San Juan
France
Best movies:
Orpheus (1950)
Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
France
Best movies:
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Commerce Quay, 1080 Brussels (1975)
Orpheus (1950)
L'Immortelle (1963)
Edouard Dermithe
Italy
Best movies:
Orpheus (1950)
The Testament of Orpheus (1960)
The Eagle with Two Heads (1948)
René Lacourt
France
Best movies:
Orpheus (1950)
Deadlier Than the Male (1956)
Mr. Hulot's Holiday (1953)
Jacques Varennes
France
Best movies:
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
Les Diaboliques (1955)
Orpheus (1950)
Victor Tabournot
Best movies:
Orpheus (1950)
Adorable Sinner (1959)
Napoleon (1955)
René Worms
Best movies:
No Vacation for Mr. Mayor (1951)
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
Orpheus (1950)