Orfeus

Orphée, feature film, France, 1950

DIRECTED BY: Jean Cocteau

Orfeus

CAST:
Jean Marais,
François Périer,
Maria Casares,
Marie Déa,
Henri Crémieux

SCRIPT:
Jean Cocteau

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Nicolas Hayer

MUSIC:
Georges Auric

EDITING:
Jacqueline Sadoul

Synopsis:
An eccentric remake of the Greek myth of Orpheus; Cocteau has turned a simple story into a complex one by placing it in urban, postwar Paris. His Orpheus is in love with Euridice, and with the princess as well, who symbolizes death that has come to take him. To make things even more complex, princess’ driver is in love with Euridice.

b/w, 95'

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