Testament of Orpheus

Testament of Orpheus (1960)


  • Genre: Fantasy, Drama
  • Release Date: 1960-02-18
  • User Rating: 7.7/10 from 107 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 20min
  • Language: Français
  • Production Company: Les Editions Cinégraphiques
  • Production Country: France
  • Director: Jean Cocteau
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Summary

Outside time and reality, the experiences of a poet. The judgement of the young poet by Heurtebise and the Princess, the Gypsies, the palace of Pallas Athena, the spear of the Goddess which pierces the poet's heart, the temptation of the Sphinx, the flight of Oedipus and the final Assumption.

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  • Jean Cocteau

    as The Poet

  • Edouard Dermithe

    as Cégeste

  • Henri Crémieux

    as The Professor

  • François Périer

    as Heurtebise

  • Claudine Auger

    as Minerve

  • Françoise Arnoul

    as Self (uncredited)

  • Lucia Bosè

    as Orphée's Friend

  • Charles Aznavour

    as The Curious Man

  • Brigitte Bardot

    as Self (uncredited)

  • Jean Marais

    as Oedipe

  • Daniel Gélin

    as The Intern (uncredited)

  • Françoise Christophe

    as The Nurse (uncredited)

  • Nicole Courcel

    as The Young Mother (uncredited)

  • Daniel Moosmann

    as 2nd Man-Horse (uncredited)

  • Yul Brynner

    as Court Usher (uncredited)

  • Pablo Picasso

    as A friend of Orphée (uncredited)

  • Michael Goodliffe

    as English Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

  • Jean-Pierre Léaud

    as Dargelos, the schoolboy

  • Alice Sapritch

    as Gypsy (uncredited)

  • Roger Vadim

    as Self (uncredited)

  • Françoise Sagan

    as A friend of Orphée (uncredited)

  • Annette Stroyberg

    as A friend of Orphée (uncredited)

  • Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte

    as Gypsy (uncredited)

  • María Casares

    as The Princess
Directing Jean Cocteau Director
Writing Jean Cocteau Writer
Editing Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte Editor
Production Jean Thuillier Producer
Production François Truffaut Associate Producer
Camera Roland Pontoizeau Director of Photography
Art Pierre Guffroy Production Design
Costume & Make-Up Janine Janet Costume Design
Costume & Make-Up Alexandre Marcus Makeup Artist
Production Irénée Leriche Production Manager
Production Michel Mombailly Unit Manager
Sound Pierre-André Bertrand Sound
Sound René Sarazin Sound
Costume & Make-Up Balenciaga Costume Designer

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