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Summary

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.

Details

Release Date: February 18, 1960

Runtime: 80 minutes

Genres: Fantasy

Rating: 7.7/10 (111 votes)


The Orphic Trilogy

  • The Blood of a Poet

    The Blood of a Poet

    In a poet’s room, an armless statue abruptly comes to life. It invites the poet to step through a mirror and to discover another world. Strange places and characters present themselves to him. The poet tears himself away from these twisted fascinations and returns, with some difficulty, to his room.

  • Orpheus

    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.

  • Testament of Orpheus

    Testament of Orpheus

    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.


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Cast

  • Edouard Dermithe

    Edouard Dermithe

    Cégeste

  • Henri Crémieux

    Henri Crémieux

    The Professor

  • François Périer

    François Périer

    Heurtebise

  • Claudine Auger

    Claudine Auger

    Minerve

  • Françoise Arnoul

    Françoise Arnoul

    Self (uncredited)

  • Lucia Bosè

    Lucia Bosè

    Orphée's Friend

  • Charles Aznavour

    Charles Aznavour

    The Curious Man

  • Brigitte Bardot

    Brigitte Bardot

    Self (uncredited)

  • Jean Marais

    Jean Marais

    Oedipe

  • Daniel Gélin

    Daniel Gélin

    The Intern (uncredited)

  • Françoise Christophe

    Françoise Christophe

    The Nurse (uncredited)

  • Nicole Courcel

    Nicole Courcel

    The Young Mother (uncredited)

  • Daniel Moosmann

    Daniel Moosmann

    2nd Man-Horse (uncredited)

  • Yul Brynner

    Yul Brynner

    Court Usher (uncredited)

  • Pablo Picasso

    Pablo Picasso

    A friend of Orphée (uncredited)

  • Michael Goodliffe

    Michael Goodliffe

    English Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

  • Jean-Pierre Léaud

    Jean-Pierre Léaud

    Dargelos, the schoolboy

  • Alice Sapritch

    Alice Sapritch

    Gypsy (uncredited)

  • Annette Stroyberg

    Annette Stroyberg

    A friend of Orphée (uncredited)

  • María Casares

    María Casares

    The Princess