Orpheus

Orpheus

★ 7.7IMDb Score
Released:1950-09-29
Duration:95 min
Country:France
Director:Jean Cocteau
Actors:Jean Marais, François Périer, María Casares, Marie Déa, Henri Crémieux
Production:Films du Palais Royal, Andre Paulve Film

Overview:

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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