Orpheus
A Feature film of
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Production year1950
French release29/09/1950
Runtime
1h 35m
Synopsis
Orpheus is Jean Cocteau’s poetic retelling of the celebrated myth in a modern setting. The famous Left Bank poet, Orpheus, is enchanted by Death in the guise of an enigmatic Princess, for whom he leaves his wife, Eurydice. But the Princess, knowing the impossibility of their love, sends Orpheus back to Eurydice...
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Director (1)
Actors (23)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : Productions André Paulvé
- Film exports/foreign sales : SND, UnZéro FIlms
- French distribution : Discina
Full credits (17)
- Executive Producer : André Paulvé
- Screenwriter : Jean Cocteau
- Dialogue Writer : Jean Cocteau
- Director of Photography : Nicolas Hayer
- Music Composer : Georges Auric
- Assistant Director : Claude Pinoteau
- Editor : Jacqueline Sadoul
- Sound Recordist : Pierre Calvet
- Costume designer : Marcel Escoffier
- Camera Operator : Noël Martin
- Production Manager : Emile Darbon
- Assistant editor : Hélène Basté
- Continuity supervisors : Sylvette Baudrot, Claude Vériat
- Production Designer : Jean D'Eaubonne
- Narrator : Jean Cocteau
- Still Photographer : Roger Corbeau
- Location Manager : Jean-Marie Loutrel
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Fantasy, Drama
- Themes : Death, Poetry, Justice
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Yes
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 1950
- French release : 29/09/1950
- Runtime : 1 h 35 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 9079
- Visa issue date : 23/05/1950
- Approval : Yes
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 1.37
- Audio format : Mono
- Rating restrictions : None
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News & awards
News (1)
Selections (6)
Istanbul Film Festival
Turkey , 2000
2000 : At the Golden Fifties
About
Twenty-five years after the publication of his play Orphée, in 1950, Jean Cocteau reinterpreted the ancient myth for the cinema, creating a philosophical, visual, and poetic tale embodied by Jean Marais and Maria Casarès.
