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)Reviews (1)
This isn't the style of films I usually enjoy. I like Surrealism, and I appreciate the effects used here, but overall it felt somewhat... maybe too artistic? I don't know. I didn't enjoy the film very much. Not that I suffered through it, but I just didn't enjoy it. But it's clear that Cocteau knew what he wanted to make and how he wanted to make it.
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