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Summary

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.

Details

Release Date: January 20, 1932

Runtime: 55 minutes

Genres: Fantasy

Rating: 7.1/10 (164 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

  • Enrique Rivero

    Enrique Rivero

    Poet

  • Pauline Carton

    Pauline Carton

    The child trainer

  • Odette Talazac

    Odette Talazac