5.5
Orpheus (1950)
September 29, 19501h 35mFR
7.6
291 votes
Overview
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.
Director
Jean CocteauWriter
Where to Watch
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Stream
Rent
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Status
Released
Original Language
French
Budget
N/A
Revenue
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Production Companies
Films du Palais RoyalAndre Paulve Film
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7.0Accomplished poet "Orphée" (Jean Marais) is sitting in a café with a friend one afternoon when a fracas breaks out with some local students that necessitates the intervention of the police and causes a tragedy to occur. A woman in a Rolls Royce turns up and asks her aides to put an injured man into her car. Shen then rather bossily requires the writer to accompany her as a witness. He assumes they are going to hospital, but it turns out the man - "Cegeste" (Edouard Dermithe) is already dead and that she (María Casares), well she is certainly not the "princess" she purports to be. If you're at…
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