Orpheus in the Underworld

Orpheus in the Underworld

88 mins | Drama, Comedy, Music, Fantasy | Feb. 7, 1974

This musical comedy based on an opera by Jacques Offenbach incorporates a twist on the classic Greek myth: Orpheus, a music teacher at a girls’ school in the ancient Greek city of Thebes, actually does not miss his wife Eurydice that much – until the gods and Offenbach himself pressure him to retrieve her from Hades.

Orpheus in the Underworld

88 mins | Drama, Comedy, Music, Fantasy | Feb. 7, 1974

Orpheus in the Underworld
This musical comedy based on an opera by Jacques Offenbach incorporates a twist on the classic Greek myth: Orpheus, a music teacher at a girls’ school in the ancient Greek city of Thebes, actually does not miss his wife Eurydice that much – until the gods and Offenbach himself pressure him to retrieve her from Hades.
Producers DEFA
Original title Orpheus in der Unterwelt
Directors Horst Bonnet, Sigrid Meyer
Writers Horst Bonnet

Cast

Dorit Gäbler

as Eurydike

Rolf Hoppe

as Jupiter

Wolfgang Greese

as Orpheus

Achim Wichert

as Pluto

Gerry Wolff

as Jacques

Mona Boxberger

as Cupido

Fred Düren

as Styx

Helga Piur

as Diana

Lisa Macheiner

as Juno

Fred Delmare

as Merkur

Gisela Bestehorn

as Venus