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Orpheus in the Underworld (1974)
Directed by Horst Bonnet
Overview
This musical comedy based on an opera by Jacques Offenbach incorporates a twist on the classic Greek myth: Orpheus, a music teacher at a girls’ school in the ancient Greek city of Thebes, actually does not miss his wife Eurydice that much – until the gods and Offenbach himself pressure him to retrieve her from Hades.
Length 88 minutes
Actors
Rolf Hoppe | Fred Delmare | Gerry Wolff | Wolfgang Greese | Dorit Gäbler | Fred Düren | Werner Senftleben | Helga Piur | Helmut Bez | Mona Boxberger | Lisa Macheiner | Erich Breese | Gisela Bestehorn | Achim Wichert