Orpheus

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.

• Georges AuricOriginal Music Composer
• Jean CocteauDirector
• Jean CocteauWriter

• 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