Directed by:
Jean CocteauScreenplay:
Jean CocteauCinematography:
Nicolas HayerComposer:
Georges AuricCast:
Jean Marais, François Périer, María Casares, Marie Déa, Juliette Gréco, Roger Blin, Jean Cocteau, Jean-Pierre Melville, Jean-Pierre Mocky, Pierre Bertin (more)VOD (2)
Plots(1)
Orphee is a poet who becomes obsessed with Death (the Princess). They fall in love. Orphee's wife, Eurydice, is killed by the Princess' henchmen and Orphee goes after her into the Underworld. Although they have become dangerously entangled, the Princess sends Orphee back out of the Underworld, to carry on his life with Eurydice. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Jean Marais](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269186_eff34e.jpg)
Jean Marais
France
Best movies:
Fantomas (1964)
The Count of Monte Cristo (1954)
Fantomas Strikes Back (1965)
![François Périer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/042/871/42871821_6ee53e.jpg)
François Périer
France
Best movies:
The Creation of the World (1957)
No Time for Breakfast (1976)
Nights of Cabiria (1957)
![María Casares](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/726/163726479_10ce30.png)
María Casares
Spain
Best movies:
Children of Paradise (1945)
Orpheus (1950)
The Charterhouse of Parma (1948)
![Marie Déa](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/097/319/97319177_3b3f0d.jpg)
Marie Déa
France
Best movies:
Le Glaive et la balance (1963)
Orpheus (1950)
The Hurried Man (1977)
![Juliette Gréco](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/126/158126080_53edeb.jpg)
Juliette Gréco
France
Best movies:
Orpheus (1950)
Without Leaving an Address (1951)
Bonjour tristesse (1958)
![Roger Blin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/406/158406989_820396.jpg)
Roger Blin
France
Best movies:
The Knight of the Night (1954)
Le Corbeau (1943)
Orpheus (1950)
![Jean Cocteau](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269109_d93166.jpg)
Jean Cocteau
France
Best movies:
Orpheus (1950)
The Testament of Orpheus or Don't Ask Me Why (1960)
Beauty and the Beast (1946)
![Jean-Pierre Melville](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/002/162002593_3f04a2.jpg)
Jean-Pierre Melville
France
Best movies:
Breathless (1960)
Orpheus (1950)
Bluebeard (1963)
![Jean-Pierre Mocky](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/684/166684974_ba3c3c.jpg)
Jean-Pierre Mocky
France
Best movies:
Bibi Fricotin (1951)
Order of the Daisy (1967)
The Count of Monte Cristo (1954)
![Pierre Bertin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/494/494649_06d310.jpg)
Pierre Bertin
France
Best movies:
Dialogue with the Carmelites (1960)
Don't Look Now: We're Being Shot At (1966)
Le Corbeau (1943)
![Renée Cosima](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/494/494708_5c134d.jpg)
Renée Cosima
France
Best movies:
Orpheus (1950)
Les Enfants Terribles (1950)
![Henri Crémieux](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/036/677/36677338_09bb33.jpg)
Henri Crémieux
France
Best movies:
Le Glaive et la balance (1963)
Jean-Marc ou La vie conjugale (1963)
The President (1961)
![Henri San Juan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/886/157886790_41d0b5.jpg)
Henri San Juan
France
Best movies:
Orpheus (1950)
Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
France
Best movies:
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)
Orpheus (1950)
L'Immortelle (1963)
Edouard Dermithe
Italy
Best movies:
Orpheus (1950)
The Testament of Orpheus or Don't Ask Me Why (1960)
The Eagle with Two Heads (1948)
René Lacourt
France
Best movies:
Orpheus (1950)
Deadlier Than the Male (1956)
Mr. Hulot's Holiday (1953)
Jacques Varennes
France
Best movies:
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
Diabolique (1955)
Orpheus (1950)
Victor Tabournot
Best movies:
Orpheus (1950)
Adorable Sinner (1959)
Napoleon (1955)
René Worms
Best movies:
No Vacation for Mr. Mayor (1951)
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
Orpheus (1950)