Orphée (1950)

Title: Orpheus
Original Title: Orphée
Release Date: 1950-09-29
Status: Released
Rating: 7.6/10 (from 259 votes)
Language: FR
Genres: Romance, Fantasy
Production Companies: Films du Palais Royal, Andre Paulve Film
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.
Cast

Jean Marais
Orphée

François Périer
Heurtebise

María Casares
Death

Marie Déa
Eurydice

Henri Crémieux
Editor

Juliette Gréco
Aglaonice

Roger Blin
The Poet

Edouard Dermithe
Jacques Cégeste

André Carnège
Judge

René Worms
Judge