Orfeus
Orphée, feature film, France, 1950
DIRECTED BY: Jean Cocteau
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'