The read
Critics rate it 19 points higher than audiences do. The highest scoring of the 2 titles in its series.
Synopsis
A famous poet in postwar Paris, scorned by the Left Bank youth, is in love with both his wife Eurydice and a mysterious princess. Seeking inspiration, the poet becomes obsessed and follows the princess from the world of the living to the land of the dead.
Ratings
IMDb7.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes97%
Critics rate it 19 points higher than audiences do.
307 audience votes
Key crew
- Georges AuricOriginal Music Composer
- Jean CocteauDirector
- Jean CocteauWriter
Cast
- Jean MaraisOrphée
- François PérierHeurtebise
- María CasaresDeath
- Marie DéaEurydice
- Henri CrémieuxEditor
- Juliette GrécoAglaonice
- Roger BlinThe Poet
- Édouard DermitheJacques Cégeste
- André CarnègeJudge
- René WormsJudge
- Raymond FaureJournalist
- Pierre BertinCommissioner
Stills
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Themes
paris, francemythologypoetgreek mythologyromantic poetorpheus
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