Testament of Orpheus
18/02/1960
1h 20m



An 18th century poet travels through time in search of divine wisdom. In a mysterious wasteland, he has a series of enigmatic encounters with symbolic phantoms with whom he muses about the nature of art and his own career. Ultimately, the poet strives to achieve his rebirth as a celestial being.
Cast


Jean Cocteau
The Poet


Edouard Dermithe
Cégeste


Henri Crémieux
The Professor


François Périer
Heurtebise


Claudine Auger
Minerve


Françoise Arnoul
Self (uncredited)


Lucia Bosè
Orphée's Friend


Charles Aznavour
The Curious Man


Brigitte Bardot
Self (uncredited)


Jean Marais
Oedipe


Daniel Gélin
The Intern (uncredited)


Françoise Christophe
The Nurse (uncredited)


Nicole Courcel
The Young Mother (uncredited)


Daniel Moosmann
2nd Man-Horse (uncredited)


Yul Brynner
Court Usher (uncredited)


Pablo Picasso
A friend of Orphée (uncredited)


Michael Goodliffe
English Narrator (voice) (uncredited)


Jean-Pierre Léaud
Dargelos, the schoolboy


Alice Sapritch
Gypsy (uncredited)


Roger Vadim
Self (uncredited)


Françoise Sagan
A friend of Orphée (uncredited)


Annette Stroyberg
A friend of Orphée (uncredited)


Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte
Gypsy (uncredited)


María Casares
The Princess
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