Testament of Orpheus

Testament of Orpheus

80 mins | Drama, Fantasy | Feb. 18, 1960

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).

Testament of Orpheus

80 mins | Drama, Fantasy | Feb. 18, 1960

Testament of Orpheus
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).
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Cinédis, Les Editions Cinégraphiques
Original title Le Testament d'Orphée
Directors Jean Cocteau
Writers Jean Cocteau

Cast

Jean Cocteau

as Self, the Poet

Edouard Dermithe

as Cégeste

Henri Crémieux

as The Professor

François Périer

as Heurtebise

Claudine Auger

as Minerve

Françoise Arnoul

as Self (uncredited)

Lucía Bosé

as Orphée's Friend

Charles Aznavour

as The Curious Man

Brigitte Bardot

as Self (uncredited)

Jean Marais

as Oedipe

Daniel Gélin

as The intern (uncredited)

Françoise Christophe

as The Nurse (uncredited)

Nicole Courcel

as The Young Mother (uncredited)

Daniel Moosmann

as 2nd Man-Horse (uncredited)

Yul Brynner

as Court usher (uncredited)

Pablo Picasso

as A friend of Orphée (uncredited)

Michael Goodliffe

as English Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Jean-Pierre Léaud

as Dargelos, the schoolboy

Alice Sapritch

as Gipsy (uncredited)

Roger Vadim

as Self (uncredited)

Françoise Sagan

as A friend of Orphée (uncredited)

Annette Stroyberg

as A friend of Orphée (uncredited)

Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte

as Gipsy (uncredited)

María Casares

as The Princess