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Orpheus (1950)

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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.

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Cast

  • Jean Marais Jean Marais Orphée
  • François Périer François Périer Heurtebise
  • María Casares María Casares Death
  • Marie Déa Marie Déa Eurydice
  • Henri Crémieux Henri Crémieux Editor
  • Juliette Gréco Juliette Gréco Aglaonice
  • Roger Blin Roger Blin The Poet
  • Édouard Dermithe Édouard Dermithe Jacques Cégeste
  • André Carnège André Carnège Judge
  • René Worms Judge
  • Raymond Faure Journalist
  • Pierre Bertin Pierre Bertin Commissioner
  • Jacques Varennes Jacques Varennes Judge
  • Paul Amiot Paul Amiot Judge (uncredited)
  • Philippe Bordier Philippe Bordier Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)
  • Claude Borelli Claude Borelli Une bacchante (uncredited)
  • Jean-Louis Brau Young Man on the Terrace of the Flora (uncredited)
  • Jean Cocteau Jean Cocteau Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

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