Movie Description
Le Testament d'Orphée
(1960)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.
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,Lucia 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
Posters
Recommendations
Zero for Conduct
6.9
My Childhood
6.9
Kill Me Please
6.6
The Strange Ones
6.7
Alice T.
6
The Bronte Sisters
5.842
The Test
6.2
The Human Voice
6.8
Day for Night
7.8
Jules and Jim
7.6
Suffragette
7.2
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
