Orpheus
1950·France·112 min.
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Orphee is a poet who becomes obsessed with Death (the Princess). They fall in love. Orphee's wife, Eurydice, is killed by the Princess' henchmen and Orphee goes after her into the Underworld. Although they have become dangerously entangled, the Princess sends Orphee back out of the Underworld, to carry on his life with Eurydice.
DirectorJean Cocteau
ScreenwriterJean Cocteau
MusicGeorges Auric
CinematographyNicolas Hayer
CastJean Marais·María Casares·François Périer·Marie Déa·Edouard Dermithe·Juliette Greco·Henri Crémieux·Roger Blin
Original titleOrphée (Orpheus)