Directed by:
Jean CocteauScreenplay:
Jean CocteauCinematography:
Nicolas HayerComposer:
Georges AuricCast:
Jean Marais, François Périer, María Casares, Marie Déa, Juliette Gréco, Roger Blin, Jean Cocteau, Jean-Pierre Melville, Jean-Pierre Mocky, Pierre Bertin (more)VOD (2)
Plots(1)
Orphee is a poet who becomes obsessed with Death (the Princess). They fall in love. Orphee's wife, Eurydice, is killed by the Princess' henchmen and Orphee goes after her into the Underworld. Although they have become dangerously entangled, the Princess sends Orphee back out of the Underworld, to carry on his life with Eurydice. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Reviews (1)
This is not the style of movies that Surrealism should have gotten. I like it, I like the effects that are used here, but the whole thing seemed kind of... maybe too artistic, or I don't know. I didn't enjoy the movie too much. Not that I suffered through it, but it just didn't really entertain me. However, it is clear that Cocteau knew what and how he wanted to film it.
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