Testament of Orpheus
1960/02/18 • Released • French
Overview
An 18th century poet travels through time in search of divine wisdom. In a mysterious wasteland, he has a series of enigmatic encounters with symbolic phantoms with whom he muses about the nature of art and his own career. Ultimately, the poet strives to achieve his rebirth as a celestial being.
Director : Jean Cocteau
Casts
Jean Cocteau
The Poet
Edouard Dermithe
Cégeste
Henri Crémieux
The Professor
François Périer
Heurtebise
Claudine Auger
Minerve
Françoise Arnoul
Self (uncredited)
Lucia Bosè
Orphée's Friend
Charles Aznavour
The Curious Man
Brigitte Bardot
Self (uncredited)
Jean Marais
Oedipe
Daniel Gélin
The Intern (uncredited)
Françoise Christophe
The Nurse (uncredited)
Nicole Courcel
The Young Mother (uncredited)
Daniel Moosmann
2nd Man-Horse (uncredited)
Yul Brynner
Court Usher (uncredited)
Pablo Picasso
A friend of Orphée (uncredited)
Michael Goodliffe
English Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Léaud
Dargelos, the schoolboy
Alice Sapritch
Gypsy (uncredited)
Roger Vadim
Self (uncredited)
Françoise Sagan
A friend of Orphée (uncredited)
Annette Stroyberg
A friend of Orphée (uncredited)
Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte
Gypsy (uncredited)
María Casares
The Princess
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