Orphée1950
Director
Actors
Jean Marais, François Périer, María Casares, Marie Déa, Henri Crémieux, Juliette Gréco, Roger Blin, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, Jean-Pierre Melville
Music
Versions
Theatrical – 95 Minutes
Genres
About the film
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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