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Orpheus (1950)
Directed by Jean Cocteau
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Overview
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.
Rated NR | Length 95 minutes
Actors
Jean Marais | François Périer | María Casares | Marie Déa | Henri Crémieux | Juliette Gréco | Roger Blin | Edouard 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 | René Lacourt | Julien Maffre | Claude Mauriac | Jean-Pierre Melville | Jean-Pierre Mocky | Henri San Juan | Victor Tabournot