Orpheus

95 mins
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.

Marie Déa

Eurydice

Roger Blin

The Poet

Edouard Dermithe

Jacques Cégeste

Raymond Faure

Journalist

Pierre Bertin

Commissioner

Paul Amiot

Judge (uncredited)

Philippe Bordier

Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)

Claude Borelli

Une bacchante (uncredited)

Jean-Louis Brau

Young Man on the Terrace of the Flora (uncredited)

Jean Cocteau

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Renée Cosima

Une bacchante (uncredited)

Jacques Doniol-Valcroze

Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)

René Lacourt

Postman (uncredited)

Julien Maffre

Police Officer (uncredited)

Claude Mauriac

(uncredited)

Jean-Pierre Melville

Hotel Manager (uncredited)

Jean-Pierre Mocky

Band Leader (uncredited)

Henri San Juan

Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)

Victor Tabournot

Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)

Jean Cocteau

Director

Nicolas Hayer

Director of Photography

Georges Auric

Original Music Composer

André Paulvé

Executive Producer

Jean d'Eaubonne

Production Design

Marcel Escoffier

Costume Design

Alexandre Marcus

Makeup Artist

Émile Darbon

Production Manager

Jean-Marie Loutrel

Unit Production Manager

Claude Pinoteau

Assistant Director

Hélène Basté

Assistant Editor

Alfred Marpaux

Production Designer

Noël Martin

Camera Operator

Claude Pinoteau

Technical Advisor

Albert Volper

Set Decoration

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