Orfeo negro (1959)
Rievocazione di stampo moderno e piena di fantasia del mito di Orfeo ed Euridice, da un romanzo di Vinicius De Moraes. A Rio, nel periodo del carnevale, un giovane tranviere brasiliano, eccellente cantante e ballerino, si innamora di una bella ragazza fuggita dal paese e da un misterioso persecutore. Per sfuggirgli la ragazza cerca scampo al deposito delle vetture e l'innamorato la uccide involontariamente. Le amiche della defunta lo fanno cadere in un burrone assieme al corpo della fanciulla che reggeva tra le braccia.
Direttore:
Marcel Camus
Scrittore:
Jacques Viot
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Breno Mello as Orfeo |
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Marpessa Dawn as Eurydice |
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Lourdes de Oliveira as Mira |
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Léa Garcia as Serafina |
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Adhemar Ferreira da Silva as Death |
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Waldetar De Souza as Chico |
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Alexandre Constantino as Hermes |
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Jorge Dos Santos as Benedito |
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Aurino Cassiano as Zeca |
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Maria Alice as Little Girl |
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Marcel Camus as Ernesto |
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Fausto Guerzoni as Fausto |
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Thereza Santos as |
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Zeni Pereira as |
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Elizeth Cardoso as |
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Cartola as |
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Dona Zica as |
| Directing | Marcel Camus | Director |
| Sound | Luiz Bonfá | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Sacha Gordine | Producer |
| Sound | Antônio Carlos Jobim | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Andrée Feix | Editor |
| Writing | Vinicius de Moraes | Theatre Play |
| Writing | Marcel Camus | Dialogue |
| Production | Victor Kerdoncuff | Publicist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Isabel Pons | Costume Design |
| Crew | Dyna Moscovici | Script |
| Writing | Jacques Viot | Adaptation |
| Writing | Marcel Camus | Adaptation |
| Directing | Robert Mazoyer | First Assistant Director |
| Camera | Geter Kosta | Assistant Camera |
| Production | Bartholomeu De Andrade | Production Assistant |
| Writing | Jacques Viot | Dialogue |
| Editing | Geneviève Winding | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Jacques Gibault | Production Manager |
| Sound | Amaury Leenhardt | Sound |
| Camera | Jean Bourgoin | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Louis Stein | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Geraldo Gabriel | Assistant Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ded. Bourbonnais | Costumer |
| Production | Roger Blache | Line Producer |
| Camera | René Persin | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Jean Nény | Sound Mixer |
| Production | Silvio Autuori | Line Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ketty-Hélène | Costumer |
| Writing | Jacques Viot | Screenplay |
| Art | Pierre Guffroy | Production Design |