Movie Description
Le Testament d'Orphée
(1960)Overview
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 heart, the temptation of the Sphinx, the flight of Oedipus and the final Assumption.
Featured Crew
- Director : Jean Cocteau
- Producer : Jean Thuillier
- Writer : Jean Cocteau
- Editor : Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte
- Cast : Jean Cocteau,Edouard Dermithe,Henri Crémieux,François Périer,Claudine Auger,Françoise Arnoul,Lucía Bosè,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
Cast
The Poet
Cégeste
The Professor
Heurtebise
Minerve
Self (uncredited)
Orphée's Friend
The Curious Man
Self (uncredited)
Oedipe
The Intern (uncredited)
The Nurse (uncredited)
The Young Mother (uncredited)
2nd Man-Horse (uncredited)
Court Usher (uncredited)
A friend of Orphée (uncredited)
English Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Dargelos, the schoolboy
Gypsy (uncredited)
Self (uncredited)
A friend of Orphée (uncredited)
A friend of Orphée (uncredited)
Gypsy (uncredited)
The Princess
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Facts
Original TitleLe Testament d'Orphée
Status Released
Release Information
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1960-02-18
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 01h 20m
Production CompaniesLes Editions Cinégraphiques,Cinédis
Genres
- Fantasy
- Drama
