Orpheus

Name: Orpheus
Cast: Jean Marais, François Périer, María Casares, Marie Déa, Henri Crémieux

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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.

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Cast & Crew

Director: Jean CocteauProducer: André Paulvé

Jean Marais

as Orphée

François Périer

as Heurtebise

María Casares

as Death

Marie Déa

as Eurydice

Henri Crémieux

as Editor

Juliette Gréco

as Aglaonice

Roger Blin

as The Poet

Édouard Dermithe

as Jacques Cégeste

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