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.
Cast
Jean Marais
Orphée
François Périer
Heurtebise
María Casares
Death
Marie Déa
Eurydice
Henri Crémieux
Editor
Juliette Gréco
Aglaonice
Roger Blin
The Poet
Edouard Dermithe
Jacques Cégeste
André Carnège
Judge
René Worms
Judge
Raymond Faure
Journalist
Pierre Bertin
Commissioner
Jacques Varennes
Judge
Paul Amiot
Judge (uncredited)
Philippe Bordier
Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)
Claude Borelli
Une bacchante (uncredited)
Jean-Louis Brau
Young Man on the Terrace of the Flora (uncredited)
Jean Cocteau
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Renée Cosima
Une bacchante (uncredited)
Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)
René Lacourt
Postman (uncredited)
Julien Maffre
Police Officer (uncredited)
Claude Mauriac
(uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Melville
Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Mocky
Band Leader (uncredited)
Henri San Juan
Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)
Victor Tabournot
Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)
Crew
Jean Cocteau
Director, Writer
Jacqueline Sadoul
Editor
Hélène Basté
Assistant Editor
Nicolas Hayer
Director of Photography
Claude Pinoteau
Assistant Director, Technical Advisor
André Paulvé
Executive Producer
Jean d'Eaubonne
Production Design
Alfred Marpaux
Production Designer
Noël Martin
Camera Operator
Marcel Escoffier
Costume Design
Alexandre Marcus
Makeup Artist
Pierre-Louis Calvet
Sound
Georges Auric
Original Music Composer
Albert Volper
Set Decoration
Émile Darbon
Production Manager
Jean-Marie Loutrel
Unit Production Manager
Jacques Météhen
Conductor
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