Testament of Orpheus

Testament of Orpheus
1960FantasyDrama80 mins

Plot

Outside time and reality, the experiences of a poet. The judgement of the young poet by Heurtebise and the Princess, the Gypsies, the palace of Pallas Athena, the spear of the Goddess which pierces the poet's h... read more

  • Jean Cocteau

    Director

  • Jean Cocteau

    Writer

  • Roland Pontoizeau

    Director of Photography

  • Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte

    Editor

  • Jean Cocteau

    The Poet

  • Edouard Dermithe

    Cégeste

  • Henri Crémieux

    The Professor

  • François Périer

    Heurtebise

  • Claudine Auger

    Minerve

  • Françoise Arnoul

    Self (uncredited)

  • Lucía 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

  • Runtime

    80 minutes

    Released

    1960-02-18

    Languages

    Français

    Countries

    France

    Studios

    Les Editions Cinégraphiques

    Cinédis

    Updated

    288 days ago

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