Le Testament d'Orphée (1960)
Title: Testament of Orpheus
Original Title: Le Testament d'Orphée
Release Date: 1960-02-18
Status: Released
Rating: 7.7/10 (from 110 votes)
Language: FR
Genres: Fantasy, Drama
Production Companies: Les Editions Cinégraphiques, Cinédis
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.
Cast
Jean Cocteau
The Poet
Edouard Dermithe
Cégeste
Henri Crémieux
The Professor
François Périer
Heurtebise
Claudine Auger
Minerve
Françoise Arnoul
Self (uncredited)
Lucia Bosè
Orphée's Friend
Charles Aznavour
The Curious Man
Brigitte Bardot
Self (uncredited)
Jean Marais
Oedipe
