Testament of Orpheus
Synopsis
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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Credits
Director (1)
Actors (26)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producers : Les Éditions Cinégraphiques, Cinédis
- Film exports/foreign sales : Tamasa Distribution
- French distributors : Cinédis, Connaissance du Cinéma
Full credits (17)
- Screenwriter : Jean Cocteau
- Dialogue Writer : Jean Cocteau
- Director of Photography : Roland Pontoizeau
- Music Composers : Georges Auric, Martial Solal
- Assistant directors : Francis Caillaud, Jean-Pierre Bastid, Claude Pinoteau
- Editor : Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte
- Sound recordists : Pierre-André Bertrand, René Sarazin
- Costume designer : Janine Janet
- Producer : Jean Thuillier
- Associate Producer : Yul Brynner
- Camera Operator : Henri Raichi
- Production Manager : Michel Mombailly
- Assistant editor : Raymonde Guyot
- Production Assistant : François Truffaut
- Continuity supervisor : Lucile Costa
- Production Designer : Pierre Guffroy
- Still Photographer : Léo Mirkine
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Fantasy, Literary adaptation
- Themes : Death, Poetry
- Production language : French
- Production country : France (100.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Yes
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 1960
- French release : 18/02/1960
- Runtime : 1 h 17 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 22579
- Visa issue date : 15/02/1960
- Approval : Yes
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 1.37
- Audio format : Mono
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About
Testament of Orpheus (French: Le testament d'Orphée) is a 1960 film directed by and starring Jean Cocteau. It is considered the final part of the Orphic Trilogy, following The Blood of a Poet (1930) and Orpheus (1950).
It also includes cameo appearances by Pablo Picasso and Yul Brynner. The film is in black-and-white, with just a few seconds of color film spliced in.
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