Orpheus

Orpheus

95 mins | Drama, Romance, Fantasy | Sept. 29, 1950

A poet in love with Death follows his unhappy wife into the underworld.

Orpheus

95 mins | Drama, Romance, Fantasy | Sept. 29, 1950

Orpheus
A poet in love with Death follows his unhappy wife into the underworld.
IMDb rating 7.9
Producers Films du Palais Royal, Andre Paulve Film
Original title Orphée
Directors Jean Cocteau, Claude Pinoteau
Writers Jean Cocteau

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

Edouard Dermithe

as Jacques Cégeste

André Carnège

as Judge

René Worms

as Judge

Raymond Faure

as Journalist

Pierre Bertin

as Commissioner

Jacques Varennes

as Judge

Paul Amiot

as Judge (uncredited)

Philippe Bordier

as Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)

Claude Borelli

as Une bacchante (uncredited)

Jean-Louis Brau

as Young Man on the Terrace of the Flora (uncredited)

Jean Cocteau

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Renée Cosima

as Une bacchante (uncredited)

Jacques Doniol-Valcroze

as Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)

René Lacourt

as Postman (uncredited)

Julien Maffre

as Police Officer (uncredited)

Claude Mauriac

as (uncredited)

Jean-Pierre Melville

as Hotel Manager (uncredited)

Jean-Pierre Mocky

as Band Leader (uncredited)

Henri San Juan

as Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)

Victor Tabournot

as Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)