Overview
Plot
In postwar Paris, a celebrated poet, scorned by the Left Bank youth, is torn between his wife Eurydice and a mysterious princess. Seeking inspiration, he follows the princess from the living world into the land of the dead.
- Directors
- Jean Cocteau
- Cast
- Jean Marais, François Périer, María Casares, Marie Déa, Henri Crémieux, Juliette Gréco, Roger Blin, Édouard Dermithe, André Carnège, René Worms, Raymond Faure, Pierre Bertin, Jacques Varennes, Paul Amiot, Philippe Bordier, Claude Borelli, Jean-Louis Brau, Jean Cocteau, Renée Cosima, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
- Country
- France
- Genre
- Romance, Fantasy, Drama
- Release date
- 1950-09-29
- Studios
- Films du Palais Royal, Andre Paulve Film
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Orpheus Plot and Cast
A famous poet in postwar Paris finds himself dismissed by the Left Bank youth while his heart is divided between his wife, Eurydice, and an enigmatic princess. Driven by a need for inspiration, his obsession with the princess leads him to follow her from the world of the living into the realm of the dead.
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