Orpheus

7.6

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.

Discover

Jean Marais

Orphée

François Périer

Heurtebise

Marie Déa

Eurydice

Juliette Gréco

Aglaonice

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)

Art

Jean d'Eaubonne

Production Design

Albert Volper

Set Decoration

Camera

Nicolas Hayer

Director of Photography

Noël Martin

Camera Operator

Costume & Make-Up

Marcel Escoffier

Costume Design

Alexandre Marcus

Makeup Artist

Crew

Claude Pinoteau

Technical Advisor

Directing

Jean Cocteau

Director

Claude Pinoteau

Assistant Director

Editing

Hélène Basté

Assistant Editor

Production

Émile Darbon

Production Manager

André Paulvé

Executive Producer

Jean-Marie Loutrel

Unit Production Manager

Alfred Marpaux

Production Designer

Sound

Georges Auric

Original Music Composer

Writing

Art

Jean d'Eaubonne

Production Design

Albert Volper

Set Decoration

Camera

Nicolas Hayer

Director of Photography

Noël Martin

Camera Operator

Costume & Make-Up

Marcel Escoffier

Costume Design

Alexandre Marcus

Makeup Artist

Crew

Claude Pinoteau

Technical Advisor

Directing

Jean Cocteau

Director

Claude Pinoteau

Assistant Director

Editing

Hélène Basté

Assistant Editor

Production

Émile Darbon

Production Manager

André Paulvé

Executive Producer

Jean-Marie Loutrel

Unit Production Manager

Alfred Marpaux

Production Designer

Sound

Georges Auric

Original Music Composer

Writing