Orpheus (1950)
Im Café des Poètes in Paris bricht ein Streit zwischen dem Dichter Orpheus und einer Gruppe neidischer Emporkömmlinge aus. Ein rivalisierender Dichter, Cègeste, wird getötet, und eine geheimnisvolle Prinzessin besteht darauf, Orpheus und die Leiche in ihrem Rolls-Royce fortzubringen. Orpheus findet sich bald in der Unterwelt wieder, wo die Prinzessin verkündet, dass sie in Wahrheit der Tod ist. Orpheus entkommt im Wagen zurück ins Reich der Lebenden und ist fortan wie besessen vom Autoradio.
Der Regisseur: Jean Cocteau
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Jean Marais as Orphée |
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François Périer as Heurtebise |
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María Casares as Death |
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Marie Déa as Eurydice |
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Henri Crémieux as Editor |
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Juliette Gréco as Aglaonice |
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Roger Blin as The Poet |
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Édouard Dermithe as Jacques Cégeste |
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André Carnège as Judge |
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René Worms as Judge |
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Raymond Faure as Journalist |
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Pierre Bertin as Commissioner |
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Jacques Varennes as Judge |
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Paul Amiot as Judge (uncredited) |
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Philippe Bordier as Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited) |
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Claude Borelli as Une bacchante (uncredited) |
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Jean-Louis Brau as Young Man on the Terrace of the Flora (uncredited) |
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Jean Cocteau as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
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Renée Cosima as Une bacchante (uncredited) |
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Jacques Doniol-Valcroze as Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited) |
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René Lacourt as Postman (uncredited) |
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Julien Maffre as Police Officer (uncredited) |
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Claude Mauriac as (uncredited) |
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Jean-Pierre Melville as Hotel Manager (uncredited) |
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Jean-Pierre Mocky as Band Leader (uncredited) |
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Henri San Juan as Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited) |
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Victor Tabournot as Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited) |
| Directing | Jean Cocteau | Director |
| Camera | Nicolas Hayer | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Georges Auric | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Jean Cocteau | Writer |
| Production | André Paulvé | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Jacqueline Sadoul | Editor |
| Art | Jean d'Eaubonne | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marcel Escoffier | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alexandre Marcus | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Émile Darbon | Production Manager |
| Production | Jean-Marie Loutrel | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | Claude Pinoteau | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Pierre-Louis Calvet | Sound |
| Editing | Hélène Basté | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Alfred Marpaux | Production Designer |
| Camera | Noël Martin | Camera Operator |
| Crew | Claude Pinoteau | Technical Advisor |
| Art | Albert Volper | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Jacques Météhen | Conductor |