Orpheus
Orpheus
RomanceFantasyDrama

Orpheus

1950
95 min
7.7
76.6%
User Score
(275 votes)

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.

DIRECTED BY

Georges Auric

STARRING

Jean Marais, François Périer, María Casares, Marie Déa, Henri Crémieux

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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

Edouard Dermithe

Edouard Dermithe

Jacques Cégeste

André Carnège

André Carnège

Judge

René Worms

Judge

Raymond Faure

Journalist

Pierre Bertin

Pierre Bertin

Commissioner