Orpheus (1950)

Orpheus
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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.

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Cast

Roger Blin
as The Poet
Jean Marais
as Orphée
Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
as Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Mocky
as Band Leader (uncredited)
María Casares
as Death
Paul Amiot
as Judge (uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Melville
as Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Jean Cocteau
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
René Lacourt
as Postman (uncredited)
Renée Cosima
as Une bacchante (uncredited)
Marie Déa
as Eurydice
Juliette Gréco
as Aglaonice
Pierre Bertin
as Commissioner
François Périer
as Heurtebise
André Carnège
as Judge
Edouard Dermithe
as Jacques Cégeste
Jacques Varennes
as Judge
Julien Maffre
as Police Officer (uncredited)
Henri Crémieux
as Editor
Claude Borelli
as Une bacchante (uncredited)
Philippe Bordier
as Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)

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