Testament of Orpheus (1960)

ALL 02/18/1960 (fr) Fantasy, Drama 80 Min
  • Release
    02/18/1960
  • Production
    Les Editions Cinégraphiques, Cinédis
  • Rotten tomato
    76.57%
  • Original title
    Le Testament d'Orphée
  • Original language
    fr
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

Outside time and reality, the experiences of a poet. The judgement of the young poet by Heurtebise and the Princess, the Gypsies, the palace of Pallas Athena, the spear of the Goddess which pierces the poet's heart, the temptation of the Sphinx, the flight of Oedipus and the final Assumption. This film is the third part of Cocteau's Orphic Trilogy, which consists of The Blood of a Poet (1930), Orpheus (1950) and Testament of Orpheus (1960).

  1. Jean Cocteau

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Jean Thuillier

    Producer



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  1. Jean Cocteau

    The Poet

  2. Edouard Dermithe

    Cégeste

  3. Henri Crémieux

    The Professor

  4. François Périer

    Heurtebise

  5. Claudine Auger

    Minerve

  6. Françoise Arnoul

    Self (uncredited)

  7. Lucía Bosè

    Orphée's Friend

  8. Charles Aznavour

    The Curious Man

  9. Brigitte Bardot

    Self (uncredited)

  10. Jean Marais

    Oedipe

  11. Daniel Gélin

    The Intern (uncredited)

  12. Françoise Christophe

    The Nurse (uncredited)

  13. Nicole Courcel

    The Young Mother (uncredited)

  14. Daniel Moosmann

    2nd Man-Horse (uncredited)

  15. Yul Brynner

    Court Usher (uncredited)

  16. Pablo Picasso

    A friend of Orphée (uncredited)

  17. Michael Goodliffe

    English Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

  18. Jean-Pierre Léaud

    Dargelos, the schoolboy

  19. Alice Sapritch

    Gypsy (uncredited)

  20. Roger Vadim

    Self (uncredited)

  21. Françoise Sagan

    A friend of Orphée (uncredited)

  22. Annette Stroyberg

    A friend of Orphée (uncredited)

  23. Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte

    Gypsy (uncredited)

  24. María Casares

    The Princess

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 24 , Crews : 14

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Testament of Orpheus (1960) 80 Min

ALL 02/18/1960 (fr)
Fantasy, Drama
  • Release 02/18/1960
  • Production
    Les Editions Cinégraphiques, Cinédis
  • Original title Le Testament d'Orphée
  • fr
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

Outside time and reality, the experiences of a poet. The judgement of the young poet by Heurtebise and the Princess, the Gypsies, the palace of Pallas Athena, the spear of the Goddess which pierces the poet's heart, the temptation of the Sphinx, the flight of Oedipus and the final Assumption. This film is the third part of Cocteau's Orphic Trilogy, which consists of The Blood of a Poet (1930), Orpheus (1950) and Testament of Orpheus (1960).

  1. Jean Cocteau

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte

    Editor

  4. Jean Thuillier

    Producer