Movielogr
Testament of Orpheus (1960)
Directed by Jean Cocteau
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.
Length 80 minutes
Actors
Jean Cocteau | Edouard Dermithe | Henri Crémieux | François Périer | Claudine Auger | Françoise Arnoul | Lucia Bosé | Charles Aznavour | Brigitte Bardot | Jean Marais | Daniel Gélin | Françoise Christophe | Nicole Courcel | Daniel Moosmann | Yul Brynner | Pablo Picasso | Michael Goodliffe | Jean-Pierre Léaud | Alice Sapritch | Roger Vadim | Françoise Sagan | Annette Stroyberg | Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte | María Casares